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Clara Resources progressing with route-to-market option for Ashford coking coal project Clara Resources (ASX:C7A) is continuing to make good progress on the route-to-market option for transporting Ashford coking coal from the mine to the port. Road Haulage Specialist transport consultants Smith Global (SG) are continuing to refine the options study commissioned by Clara for road transportation of coking coal between the proposed Ashford mine in NSW and the soon-to-be-completed Inland rail project (IRP) line. Clara engaged SG to examine viable road-based transportation solutions to move coking coal from the Ashford mine to a rail head on the closest segment on the IRP. SG identified a list...

WA Government gives approval for Collie graphite micronising qualification plant Works approval has been received from the WA Government to install new graphite micronising equipment at International Graphite’s (ASX:IG6) research and development facility in Collie. The equipment is currently in transit from North America and is expected to arrive at Fremantle Port in September 2023. This custom-built qualification-scale plant is a significant advancement on International Graphite’s pilot processing plant which was commissioned in September 2022. The new qualification plant is designed to process graphite concentrates to produce a commercial graphite product for quality and performance evaluation by potential customers. Capable of producing 100tpa to 200tpa of micronised graphite,...

Alliance Aviation Services executes five-year contract with BHP Nickel West Alliance Aviation Services (ASX:AQZ) has executed a five-year contract with BHP Nickel West. Nickel West was Alliance’s first client in WA with services beginning in 2006. Since then, Alliance has operated continuously for Nickel West and when this five-year contract ends, operations would have run for 23 years. Under this new contract, Alliance will be the primary air charter services provider for Nickel West. Spanning throughout WA, Nickel West comprises of open-cut and underground mines, concentrators, a smelter and a refinery. In FY23, nickel production at Nickel West was up 4% from FY22 to 80kt due to an increased proportion of...

Image:  Dr  Guthrie said collaboration between METS  and resources companies was vital to maintaining Australia's global economic position, as well as increasing its reach as a net exporter of  leading mining technologies.   BY REUBEN ADAMS   AUSTRALIA’S world-class mining and mining equipment, technology and services (METS) sectors must collaborate better to maintain the country’s global economic position, Minerals Council of Australia chair Dr Vanessa Guthrie has said. Ahead of her talk at the Austmine 2017: Mining’s Innovation Imperative conference, Dr Guthrie said mining and METS companies were drivers of innovation and investment and generated the bulk of Australia’s export earnings. “By collaborating and partnering at an industry level we can ensure that mining and METS continue to innovate and...