King backs historic Mount Lyell restart

Liberty Bell Bay halts operations Australia’s only commercial ferroalloy smelter, located in Tasmania, has moved into care and maintenance due to ongoing global iron ore supply issues and market fluctuations. The Liberty Bell Bay smelter is considered one of the largest ferroalloy produces globally, operating since, producing ferro manganese and silicomanganese, two alloys commonly used in steel production. The plant has an annual liquid steel capacity of over 6mt. Tasmania Business, Industry and Resources Minister Eric Abetz says that the state government has been and will continue to maintain very close contact with...

WA exploration supercharged by next-gen tech The WA Government has unveiled a next-generation spectral scanner to accelerate resource discovery across the state. Developed by CSIRO, the new HyLogger 4 system replaces the ageing HyLogger 3. It captures high-resolution data from drill core samples, allowing users to rapidly analyse geology and improve resource targeting. Since its commissioning in 2009, the HyLogger 3 processed more than 600,000m of drill core from more than 2,000 drill holes across WA. Though the HyLogger 3 offered reliable mineralogical data, the updated HyLogger 4 delivers higher-resolution capture and enhanced analytical capabilities, improving the detection and understanding...

Horseshoe Metals confirms copper potential Horseshoe Metals (ASX: HOR) confirmed shallow copper mineralisation in the Motters zone at its Horseshoe Lights project in northern WA. Assay results from the company’s ongoing drilling program have confirmed the continuity and thickness of oxide mineralisation extending from the surface into multiple primary copper mineralisation zones. The company is nearing completion of its phase one infill reverse circulation (RC) drilling at the northern end of the Motters zone and plans to commence a phase two program to test the main zone’s northern and southern extensions. Horseshoe reported in early October that it...

BUMA wins multi-million-dollar contract extension BUMA Australia has been awarded a two-year contract extension at the Goonyella Riverside coal mine in central Queensland, a joint venture between BHP (ASX: BHP) and Mitsubishi Alliance. The contract will see BUMA, a wholly owned subsidiary of PT Bukit Makmur Mandiri Utama, continue to deliver mining services at the project through to September 2027. BUMA will continue to deploy three prime fleets throughout the contract period to the Goonyella project. Since 2022, BUMA Australia has provided labour, supervision, technical expertise and mobile plant services for pre-strip operations and coal mining at...