News Barminco inks Bellevue Gold deal with Sandvik Underground contract miner Barminco has selected Sandvik to supply a 23-unit fleet of underground trucks, loaders and drills for the Bellevue Gold project in WA.
News Rio and China Baowu complete low carbon steelmaking trials Rio Tinto (ASX: RIO) and China Baowu have completed industrial scale pelletisation and shaft furnace trials at Baoshan Zhanjiang steel operations using Rio’s Pilbara blend iron ore.
News BHP and BOTON advance intelligent conveyor systems BHP (ASX: BHP) and China-based BOTON Technology have signed an agreement to expand collaboration and advance innovative sustainable conveyor systems in mining.
News Fortescue inks new deal with Juukan Gorge Traditional Owners Puutu Kunti Kurrama and Pinikura (PKKP) Traditional Owners will own new mining equipment to be leased to Fortescue (ASX: FMG) under new Native Title agreements.
News BHP workers endorse second Pilbara strike BHP (ASX: BHP) electrical workers have comprehensively endorsed a ballot on work stoppages at the miner’s Port Hedland bulk port terminal following six months of negotiations.
News Westgold awards Sodexo multi-year contract extension Sodexo Australia has been awarded a five-year contract extension to deliver integrated village services across Westgold Resources’ (ASX: WGX) operations in WA’s Goldfields and Murchison regions.
News CopperString budget hits record $3.2b The Queensland Government is investing an additional $420m into the CopperString project as part of the upcoming FY27 State Budget, bringing the projects total budget to $3.2b.
News WA Native Title processes to be streamlined The WA Government is overhauling its Native Title and Aboriginal Cultural heritage processes for the mining and exploration sector following a targeted review.
News Exploration spending nears $1b New Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data shows the Australian mineral exploration sector experienced a 16.3% year-on-year expenditure increase to $949.3m during Q3 FY26.
News Queensland Government launches $4m critical mineral survey The Queensland Government is launching Australia’s largest high-resolution regional airborne gravity gradiometry (AGG) survey covering 40,000km across Queensland’s north-west.
News Wood Mackenzie: Domestic gas supply framework risks investor uncertainty The Federal Government’s proposed Domestic Supply Obligation (DSO) framework risks increasing investment uncertainty at a critical time for Australia’s energy sector, according to a new report by Wood Mackenzie.
