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BY ELIZABETH FABRI DUNDAS Mining will reopen its mothballed Avebury nickel mine with production to resume in January 2019. The mine, purchased last year from MMG for $25 million, has been on care and maintenance since 2009 amid a downturn in the nickel market. Resurgent prices over the last 12 months encouraged Dundas to bring the mine back to life. “When we signed up to buy this place it (the nickel price) was $US7000 a tonne. It’s now $US15,000 a tonne,” Dundas Mining chief executive Geoff Summers told The Advocate. Tasmanian Premier Will Hodgman said a recruitment process had begun, with more than 200 jobs to be made available across mining, processing, and administration. He said the State Government was also…

Round two of Pilbara Minerals’ (ASX: PLS) community grants program has opened with community groups eligible to apply for up to $10,000 in funding. Designed to empower local groups that make a difference in their community, the grants program targets projects and events that will improve access to education, build healthy communities and enable the energy transition. Pilbara Minerals managing director and chief executive Dale Henderson says the company is pleased to continued its annual grants program. “We invited applications for grants of up to $10,000 for community projects that align with our priority investment areas of education, community resilience and the energy transition,” he said. “No-one knows what the community needs more than the people who live and work…

SINCE 1998, Lubricant Specialist Australia (LSA) has been supplying oils and greases to the Australian mining, automotive and agricultural industries. Now based in High Wycombe, WA, LSA has steadily grown to include warehousing and distribution centres in Wingfield, South Australia, and Yatala, Queensland. LSA’s products are manufactured in Singapore, the US, and Australia to meet the highest international specifications for plant and equipment manufacturers. LSA supplies a complete range of competitively priced synthetic and mineral based engine, hydraulic, gear, transmission, air compressor and rock drill oils to meet equipment manufacturer’s specifications. It also supplies a premium range of lithium complex greases that cover most applications, including all mining plant and equipment. The company has experienced increasing demand for bio-degradable lubricants,…