Australia ranks the world’s third largest producer of cobalt
Australia is the world’s third largest producer of cobalt, although its current output pales before that of the DRC’s, and
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Flotation technology for nickel concentrator in Australia
Metso Outotec will supply cutting edge flotation technology for a major nickel producer in Western Australia as part of their
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Gold Fields improves its profit by 2.5 times
Gold Fields, in its unaudited results for the twelve months ended 31 December 2020, has announced normalised profit of US$878m
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Gold Fields earnings up 300% on higher production and higher gold price
JOHANNESBURG – Gold Fields advises that headline earnings per share for the 12 months ended 31 December 2020 (FY 2020)
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BHP’s copper production dives by five per cent
AUSTRALIA – According to the Operational Review for the Half Year Ended 31 December 2020, BHP’s total copper production decreased
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Coking Coal Prices Climb to USD 130 per tonne
PERTH – Hard Australian Premium Coking Coal has climbed by USD 28.5 per tonne to USD 131.5 per tonne FOB
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Gold Fields produces solid 557koz gold in Q3 2020
SANDTON, RSA – Nick Holland, Gold Fields’ Chief Executive Officer, in “Operational update for the quarter ended 30 September 2020”,
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BHP joins the race to develop hydrogen steelmaking
PERTH, AUSTRALIA – BHP has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with world leading steel producer, China Baowu, with the
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Orion receives prestigious award for its copper-zinc project
Orion Minerals has received the inaugural Emerging ESG Leader Award at AAMEG Africa Awards (AAMEG – The Australia-Africa Minerals &
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Rio Tinto closes its Argyle diamond mine
Having exhausted its economic reserves, the Argyle diamond mine in the remote east Kimberley region of Western Australia has closed
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BHP’s metallurgical coal production up by four per cent
In its Operational Review for the quarter ended 30 September 2020, BHP has reported that its metallurgical coal production increased
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AngloGold Ashanti: production ups by 1%, earnings up by 72%
AngloGold Ashanti, in its market update report for the quarter ended 30 September 2020, says its free cash flow increased
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Orion Minerals update on Australian projects
Orion Minerals, the owners of SA’s Prieska copper-zinc project, maintains a sizeable tenement package in the Fraser Range Province of
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BHP’s iron ore production increased by eight per cent
In its Operational Review for the quarter ended 30 September 2020, BHP has reported that its total iron ore production
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South32 forecasts SA coal at lower end of guidance range
South Africa Energy Coal saleable production increased by 20% (or 1.0Mt) to 6.3Mt in the September 2020 quarter as production
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SA’s FeMn-production at zero as smelter remains offline
South32, in its Quarterly Report, September 2020, states that the company did not produce any manganese alloy in the September
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Mozal and Hillside Aluminium smelters operate at max capacity
South32 Continued to operate aluminium smelters at their maximum technical capacity despite the impact of load-shedding. South Africa’s Hillside Aluminium
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BHP driven by solid results in metallurgical coal and iron ore
BHP has started the new financial year with a strong first quarter of safety and production performance. Group production rose
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Improvement of fatigue life of aluminium alloys by 25 times
Published in the journal Nature Communications, a research work done by Monash University engineers has demonstrated improvements in the fatigue
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BHP acquires new nickel projecs in Western Australia
BHP has agreed to acquire the Honeymoon Well Nickel Project comprising the Honeymoon Well development project and a 50 per
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Cannington zinc grades more than offset lower silver and lead grades
South32 has reported that Cannington payable zinc equivalent production increased by nine per cent (or 19.8kt) to 238.0kt in FY20
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Vertimill grinding technology for gold mine
Metso Outotec will deliver two energy-efficient Vertimill® VTM-4500 stirred mills to a gold mine in Australia 2021. These vertical grinding
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Improved calciner availability increases Worsley Alumina production
Worsley Alumina saleable production increased by two per cent (or 91kt) to 3,886kt in FY20, as the refinery benefitted from
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Ozzies’ Mn production drops as furnace remains offline
South32 Australia’s manganese saleable ore production increased by four percent (or 121kwmt) to a record 3,470kwmt in FY20, with the
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Gold Fields to digitise its Granny Smith gold mine
ABB collaboration on AMIRA P1208 project will enhance interoperability for mining operations management and process automation test project brings enhanced
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Electioneering to save aluminium smelter in New Zealand
Labour Party in New Zealand is promising to keep Rio Tinto’s Tiwai Point smelter on life support for another three
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Roasting kiln for Gabanintha vanadium plant
Technology Metals Australia (TMT) has chosen FLSmidth as the preferred supplier of the key roasting kiln section of their Gabanintha
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AngloGold’ Boston Shaker achieves commercial production
AngloGold Ashanti Ltd, in conjunction with its joint venture partner IGO Ltd, has announce that commercial production has been declared
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Jupiter Mines updates on iron ore spin-off
The Board of Jupiter Mines Limited has approved progressing the execution of the initial public offering (IPO) of its Central
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SOUTH32: Resilience in unprecedented times
Despite the challenges presented by COVID-19, South32 ended FY20 with a strong balance sheet, improved performance at several operations, and
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