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Tivan awarded $7.4m for Speewah  Tivan (ASX: TVN) has been awarded a $7.4m cash grant for the Speewah fluorite project, located in the Kimberley region of WA, under the Federal Government’s International Partnerships in Critical Minerals (“IPCM”) program.  The IPCM program supports early to mid-stage critical minerals projects that contribute to building end-to-end supply chains with Australia’s international partners in the critical minerals sector.   Eligibility criteria include applicants having plans to produce critical minerals listed in Australia’s Critical Minerals List, projects which are in...

Metso launches modernised anode furnace   Metso is launching a next-generation Anode Furnace for reducing carbon dioxide emissions, improving impurity removal capabilities and bringing flexibility in treating secondary materials.   The upgraded Anode Furnace features the latest design, advances in process safety, and ease of maintenance. It also presents two exciting methods for reducing carbon dioxide emissions.  Metso anode casting and anode furnace technologies senior sales manager Miikka Marjakoski says this makes the new Anode Furnace unique.   “The process is fully prepared to utilise...

Manheim Industrial trusted to sell a full Rare Earth Mining Processing Plant Includes Ore Sorter Circuit, Beneficiation Plant, Hydrometallurgical Plant, and Mining Laboratory. Construction completed in 2018, placed under care and maintenance in 2020. Situated at Browns Range Mine Site in northern WA, near the NT border. Expressions of interest close on Friday, December 20. Manheim Industrial is taking expressions of interest on a Rare Earth Mining Processing Plant, located at Browns Range Mine Site in Western Australia, until December 20th. Don’t miss this great opportunity to purchase this equipment for your next mining processing requirement. The processing plant comprises;   Ore Sorter Circuit: Bin feeders Conveyors Chutes Stackers Various Screens Weighing Associated plant services and equipment Beneficiation Plant: Vibrating...

The playing field has shifted, says BHP’s Geraldine Slattery BHP president of Australia Geraldine Slattery has addressed the Melbourne Mining Club for the first time, calling on governments and industry to embrace a more competitive mindset in the face of one of greatest industrial shifts in history – the energy transition. Offering what she calls “a blunt assessment”, Ms Slattery says the nation’s access to skills and talent is under threat, investments in technology and innovation trail some of biggest global competitors and that Australia is not keeping pace as an attractive place to invest. “Nearly 50% of the skilled engineering...

CPC Engineering seals deals for major gold projects CPC Engineering will enter 2025 with two new contracts in the surging gold sector totalling $24m, after sealing deals with AngloGold Ashanti and Capricorn Metals (ASX: CMM). The contracts continue CPC’s momentum, coming after a $2.87m Federal Government grant to work with Edith Cowan University on a potentially transformational process to produce low-cost, low-carbon, high purity alumina, and a separate contract with AngloGold Ashanti for a gold recovery project. In the latest deals, AngloGold Ashanti Australia has appointed CPC on an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract to provide engineering and design services for a new...

MinRes charters first Newcastlemax for Onslow Mineral Resources' (ASX: MIN) Onslow Iron teams have celebrated a significant milestone with first loading of a Newcastlemax ship at the Port of Ashburton in WA.  A Newcastlemax is the next size of bulk carrier after a Capesize vessel and has an intake of about 190,000-210,000wmt with a maximum beam of 50m and a maximum overall length of 300m.  In November, a total of 203,100wmt was successfully loaded onto the MV Mount Aconcagua, representing 22,900wmt more than any previous shipment from Onslow Iron’s anchorage at the Port of...

Alcoa to relocate Australian head office  Alcoa Australia (ASX: AAI) will relocate its head office to the Perth, WA, Central Business District (CBD) in the second half of 2025 in a move that will see it situated closer to key stakeholders and more attractive to prospective employees.  The integrated aluminium company has been operating in Australia for 61 years with 40 of those from its head office in Booragoon, 15km south of Perth’s CBD.  It will move to 235 St Georges Terrace, Perth, located at the western end of the CBD.  Alcoa Australia president Elsabe...

Fauna-friendly crossings on the Carmichael rail network Coal from Bravus Mining and Resources’ Carmichael mine near Clermont in central Queensland is making its way to port on a rail line where cutting edge freight technologies are rivalled by the sophistication of fauna-friendly crossings. Bravus Mining and Resources chief operating officer Mick Crowe says the 200km Carmichael Rail Network includes hundreds of design features to support local biodiversity on a line also setting new standards for freight transport. “The design means not only does our coal get to port using safe and efficient rail operations, but it also allows local fauna to...

Phins up! Dolphins boost kids self-esteem in Moranbah, Queensland Hundreds of Moranbah school kids put their Phins up as the Dolphins brought their wellbeing team to Central Queensland schools. From touch footy drills to classroom sessions aimed at boosting self-esteem, Dolphins wellbeing and education team members visited three schools as part of Anglo American’s partnership with the NRL team. The partnership focuses on improving education and sporting outcomes in Central Queensland, and the sessions at Moranbah State School, Moranbah State High School and Moranbah East State School provided kids the chance to learn new skills and build teamwork...

Rio Tinto’s second Beyond Rare™ Tender glitters with pink, red, violet & yellow diamonds Rio Tinto’s second Beyond Rare™ Tender: The Art Series 02 has delivered a strong result with successful bidders from all ends of the earth. Titled Colour Awakened, the collection comprises 76 diamonds in 48 lots, including legacy inventory of pink, red and violet diamonds from the Argyle diamond mine, together with white and yellow diamonds from Rio Tinto’s Diavik diamond mine in the Northwest Territories of Canada. (Image source: Rio Tinto) The Rio Tinto second Beyond Rare™ Tender: The Art Series...

Rio sells 30% of Winu, Sumitomo pays $618m Rio Tinto (ASX: RIO) and Sumitomo Metal Mining (SMM) have reached an agreement on the Winu copper-gold project in the Great Sandy Desert region of WA, with the Japanese giant paying $618m (US$399m) for a 30% share of the project. The Winu project is a long-life copper-gold deposit discovered by Rio Tinto in 2017, close to the miner’s Pilbara iron ore operations. The global miner will continue to develop and operate the project as a managing partner, with both companies intending to work together more on exploring other commercial, technical and strategic opportunities across copper, other base metals...