- 1. NRW picks up contract for POPL project
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- Primero Group subsidiary NRW Holdings has been awarded an upgrade contract for Pilbara Minerals’ Pilgangoora Operations for an expansion of the Pilgan Plant outside of Port Hedland, Western Australia. ...
- Created on 05 February 2023
- 2. Radioactive density gauge component missing in WA: report
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- Emergency crews are on the hunt for a pea-sized radioactive capsule along a 870-mile/1,400-kilometre route in Western Australia after the tiny device went missing while being transported from Rio Tinto' ...
- Created on 30 January 2023
- 3. BHP marks 10 years at Perth IROC
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- BHP’s remote operations have hit a milestone, with BHP WA Iron Ore (WAIO) marking 10 years of working from its Integrated Remote Operations Centre (IROC) in Perth, Western Australia. The IROC, which ...
- Created on 23 January 2023
- 4. Fortescue moves closer to zero-emission battery electric truck
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- ... The battery will be assembled and installed at Fortescue’s workshop in Perth, Western Australia, before its transported to the Pilbara for testing on site later this year. Source: Fortescue ...
- Created on 17 January 2023
- 5. Civmec scores A$330 million Rio Tinto contract
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- Civmec has secured a major contract worth more than A$330 million for the Rio Tinto Western Range iron ore project in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Under the contract, Civmec will complete ...
- Created on 13 January 2023
- 6. Tianqi Lithium makes bid for Essential Metals
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- Tianqi Lithium Energy Australia (TLEA) has proposed to acquire 100% of Western Australia-based Essential Metals by way of a scheme of arrangement. TLEA is a joint venture owned by Tianqi Lithium ...
- Created on 09 January 2023
- 7. Metso Outotec to deliver key equipment to Australian miners
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- ... lines for its Kemerton lithium hydroxide processing plant in Western Australia. Commissioning and ramp up of two similar pyro process lines is currently taking place at the plant. The scope ...
- Created on 03 January 2023
- 8. Duratec awarded BHP WA Iron Ore deal
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- ... Port Hedland, Western Australia. The scope of work includes repairing steel piles and steel members; replacement of steel ladders; concrete remediation; pile wrapping repairs; pile jacket installation; ...
- Created on 27 December 2022
- 9. King of the Hills reaches summit
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- Commercial production has been declared at Red 5’s King of the Hills gold operation in the Eastern Goldfields region of Western Australia as its mining and processing has reached a steady state. “We ...
- Created on 16 December 2022
- 10. Caterpillar, Newmont hit automation milestone at Boddington
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- Newmont’s Boddington operation, which has the distinction of being Western Australia’s largest gold operation, has met a significant target with the gold industry’s first autonomous haulage system: 100 ...
- Created on 16 December 2022
- 11. Recent developments in Australia/Oceania
- (Around the Region)
- ... culture. “The mining sector, particularly in Western Australia, is a major contributor to investment, jobs, exports and government revenues, yet faces unique challenges associated with remote working ...
- Created on 12 December 2022
- 12. Fortescue appoints new CEO for Metals
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- ... She is the current president of the Chamber of Minerals and Energy of Western Australia and a member of the Strategic Resources Committee of the University of Western Australia. Source: Fortescue ...
- Created on 06 December 2022
- 13. Actions Drill & Blast picks up Talison contract
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- NRW’s Action Drill & Blast has received notification of its award of drill and blast services for Talison Lithium’s Greenbushes mine in Western Australia. The A$300 million contract extends for ...
- Created on 28 November 2022
- 14. Civeo extends service contract in WA
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- Civeo was awarded a five-year contract with an undisclosed resources player to provide integrated services at six villages in Western Australia. It was previously contracted to provide services at four ...
- Created on 22 November 2022
- 15. Commercial HMC production set at Coburn
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- Australian mineral sands producer Strandline Resources has confirmed the start of commercial heavy mineral concentrate at the Coburn mineral sands project in Western Australia. Ore commissioning of ...
- Created on 22 November 2022
- 16. Metso Outotec goes big Down Under
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- On 8 November, Metso Outotec held a groundbreaking ceremony in Karratha, Western Australia, for what is to become the company’s largest service centre globally. The OEM said the new centre will ...
- Created on 16 November 2022
- 17. Tombola reports haulage from Comstock, Shamrock
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- Australian miner Tombola Gold said it has recorded first material from its Comstock and Shamrock properties, part of the Mt. Freda complex in western Queensland, to the Great Australian Mine (GAM) plant. ...
- Created on 02 November 2022
- 18. JWD on hold amid iron ore slump
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- Australian miner CuFe said it will temporarily suspend operations at the JWD iron ore mine in Western Australia due to falling iron ore prices. The company has been reducing activity recently in ...
- Created on 02 November 2022
- 19. Core Lithium, Tesla deal falls through
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- ... about 80 kilometres southwest of Darwin, is Australia’s only lithium mine outside of Western Australia. Source: Core Lithium ...
- Created on 02 November 2022
- 20. Iron Bridge processing plant gets first ore
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- Fortescue has hit a new milestone at its Iron Bridge magnetite project in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, marking first ore feed into the processing plant. Photo: Fortescue With ...
- Created on 31 October 2022