Australian mining news

Greatland Gold plc has provided an update on the drilling campaign at the Havieron gold-copper project in the Paterson region of Western Australia.

Austin Engineering Ltd has announced the signing of a five-year mining products and service supply contract with Rio Tinto Services Ltd.

Castillo Copper has provided an operational update for its copper and lithium assets.

Orica has entered into an agreement to sell its Minova business to Aurelius Group for AUS$180 million, subject to transaction costs and customary completion adjustments.

Alien Metals Ltd has commenced work to re-open the historic underground mine as part of its development of the Elizabeth Hill Silver Project it.

The Copper Mark has awarded its standard to three new sites, six new participating sites have begun the assessment process, and Siemens Energy and Oddo BHF Metals have both joined as partner organisations.

Alien Metals Ltd has formed a new wholly owned subsidiary named Iron Ore Company of Australia Pty Ltd, as part of its development of the Hancock and Brockman Iron Ore projects.

EnviroGold Global Ltd has agreed to commercial terms with Hellyer Gold Mines Pty Ltd to reprocess the tailings owned by HGM at the Hellyer Gold Mine, Tasmania, Australia.

Rockfire Resources plc has provided an update on its diamond drilling programme at the company's 100%-owned Copperhead porphyry project in North Queensland, Australia.

Northern Star Resources has agreed to acquire Newmont Corporation’s power business from its Australian subsidiary, Newmont Australia.