Barminco inks Bellevue Gold deal with Sandvik

Aquila mine named innovation award finalist A breakthrough underground excavation guard at Anglo American’s Aquila coal mine has been named a finalist at the 2025 Prospect Awards. The new system — dubbed The Armadillo for its unique shield design and first-of-its-kind industry adaptability in Bowen Basin coal mines — has been recognised in the Innovative Mining Solution category for its use on the site near Middlemount, Queensland. Developed in partnership...

Super Pit sees arrival of new Liebherr fleet In February of this year, Leibherr-Australia, on behalf of Northern Star Resources (ASX: NST), commissioned five PR 776 dozers. These five dozers are the first of thirteen brand-new Liebherr machines to be acquired by Northern Star at their notorious Super Pit gold mine located near Kalgoorlie, WA. Liebherr-Australia will also supply two more PR 776 dozers, five R 9150 excavators and an R 9400 excavator to the company. This commissioning of these machines grows the number of existing Lieberr machines in Northern Star’s current fleet to seventeen. Northern Star began...

Apollo Hill delivers lustrous drilling results Saturn Metals (ASX: STN) have announced notable drilling results from its flagship Apollo Hill gold project that indicates significant potential for future growth. The announcement includes results from 41 drill-holes and 8,816m of assays from drilling completed at the site. Highlights of the results include: 41m at 1.92g/t gold from 248m including 10m at 4.12g/t gold from 268m 21m at 1.79g/t gold from 116m including 8m at 4.05g/t gold from 123m These results will contribute towards a second mineral resource estimate (MRE) upgrade, a maiden ore reserve and a pre-feasibility study later this year....

Fortescue axes hundreds of green jobs in UK and Australia Fortescue (ASX: FMG) is dropping plans to manufacture electric motors in-house and moving work offshore to China in a shift that will cost hundreds of workers in the UK and WA their jobs. The UK-based Fortescue Zero division was set to manufacture powertrains for about 400 electric mining trucks for the company’s extensive iron ore operations in the Pilbara region of WA. The company will instead be making the majority of components for the vehicles offshore in China where costs are lower...