Australian mining news

Fortescue Metals group has partnered with Williams Advanced Engineering (WAE) to develop a zero emissions battery system for an electric haul truck.

Macmahon Holdings Ltd has announced that it has been selected by St Barbara Ltd to provide all underground mining services to the Gwalia underground gold project in Western Australia from May 2021.

Australia’s minerals industry will introduce the Mining Association of Canada’s Towards Sustainable Mining system to further improve site-level performance through regular and transparent reporting on safety, environmental and social indicators.

Red River Resources Ltd (RVR) has poured first gold at its Hillgrove Gold Mine in New South Wales.

Rio Tinto has to date awarded contracts valued at over US$385 million (AUS$500 million) to local Western Australian and Pilbara Aboriginal businesses to support the latest development of its Greater Tom Price Operations.

Thiess’ Mount Owen team has led environmental management to ensure dust, noise and blasting emission impacts are minimised on local communities.

BHP and the Banjima Native Title Aboriginal Corp. have commenced a joint investigation to understand the cause of the rock fall at a registered Bajima site.

Greatland Gold plc has announced the initial 2021 work programme for the Juri joint venture.

SunMirror AG is increasing its efforts to discover potential tin and lithium reserves to meet new demands.

Rio Tinto has secured a new commercial freight shipping service connecting Western Australia’s Pilbara region to the major international shipping hub of Singapore.