Carrapateena project rolls on with key milestones
The Carrapateena Tjati Decline schematic. image: OZ Minerals.
By Reuben Adams
OZ Minerals’ proposed $975 million...
Rio divestment latest blow to ambitious Pebble Project
TWO local Alaskan charities will be gifted Rio Tinto’s 19.1 per cent shareholding in Northern Dynasty Minerals, owner of the ambitious Pebble mine project.
Rio...
‘Lucky country’ joins rare earth supply chain
CHINA accounts for more than 95 per cent of the world’s output of rare earths, but its increasingly strict controls on output and exports...
Doray’s Allan Kelly in shock resignation
Mines and Petroleum minister Sean L’Estrange with now former Doray managing director Allan Kelly.
Image: Doray Minerals.By Cameron DrummondDORAY minerals founder and managing director Allan...
Heron awards $107m EPC contract at Woodlawn
The Woodlawn zinc-copper project site near Tarago, NSW. Image: Heron Resources.BY CAMERON DRUMMONDMULTI-commodity focused explorer Heron Resources has awarded a...
A new kind of mobile communication
A new solar-powered Cisco wireless mesh network is being used to run the mine fleet automation system at Barrick’s Cowal gold mine in NSW.
Barrick...
Historic mine reborn as theme park
A defunct salt mine in Romania has been transformed into a booming tourist attraction, with an underground theme park and history museum.
The historic Salina...
Cyclone Debbie no Yasi repeat: Canavan
NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite provides a visible look at Tropical Cyclone Debbie from space. Image: NASA/NOAA/Suomi NPP.
BY REUBEN ADAMS
WHILE figures from the Resources and Energy...
Salt Lake raises $17.6m for pilot plant
Salt Lake Potash intends to become Australia’s first producer of sulphate of potash. Image: Salt Lake Potash.BY CAMERON DRUMMONDWA-based miner...
The Interview: Platypus Minerals managing director Tom Dukovcic
March 2015
JUNIOR explorer Platypus Minerals is focused on prospective copper-gold and base metals projects in the East Pilbara and Peru’s San Mateo mining district....