Dugald River: Aiming for the top
THE production guidance for the Cloncurry-based Dugald River mine is set at 175,00t of zinc in concentrate for 2019, despite extreme wet weather and...
Olympic Dam: A precious year ahead
AS the largest single deposit of uranium in the world, and one of its most significant deposits of copper, gold and silver, BHP’s Olympic...
Amrun: Up and running
IT’S full steam ahead for Rio Tinto’s $2.6b Amrun bauxite mine on the Cape York Peninsula in Queensland.
The mine and associated processing and port...
Mount Gibson Iron: Koolan resurrected
CONFIDENCE in the integrity and safety of the new seawall design for Koolan Island was crucial to ensure a collapse would not happen again,...
Kirkland Lake Gold: A waking giant
KIRKLAND Lake Gold’s Fosterville gold mine in Bendigo, Victoria, has been at the vanguard of Victoria’s resurgent gold industry since the discovery of the...
BHP South Flank: forging ahead
BHP’S US$3.6 billion South Flank project is expected to replace the Yandi mine as it reaches the end of its economic life in the...
Peering beneath the surface
AS Australia’s greenfield outcropping and sub-cropping deposits become increasingly scarce, miners are digging deeper than ever before, exploring new options on green and brownfields...
Sojitz Coal Mining: green acres
THE town is Emerald by name, and, if Japanese miner Sojitz has its way, will also be emerald by nature.
Located in Queensland’s Bowen Basin,...
Illawarra Metallurgical Coal: a flying start
BOTH the 2019 half year results and March quarter results for South32 bode well for the year ahead, with chief executive Graham Kerr confident...
Yarrabee and Middlemount: success story
FULL year financial results for 2018 showed Yancoal’s Australian operations are performing well, with a record annual total saleable coal production of 50 million...