Metso achieves certification ahead of schedule

UQ to upskill Latin America miners The University of Queensland (UQ) has been granted $1m in funding to design and deliver short courses for workers at mining projects in Chile and Argentina. The funding, provided by the Federal Department of Education, is part of an Australian transnational education program supporting the development of global skilled workforces in the critical minerals sector. UQ’s Sustainable Minerals Institute has a longstanding partnership with the Latin American mining industry through its International Centre of Excellence (SMI-ICE) based in Santiago, Chile. The SMI-ICE Chile currently employs 33 staff members and has strong relationships with...

Exploration gets a boost in WA Grants worth $6.6m have been allocated to 39 recipients of the 32nd round of the WA Government exploration incentive scheme (EIS) co-funded drilling program.  By sharing the financial risk of early-stage exploration, the EIS enables companies to pursue high-potential projects that may otherwise be considered too risky or cost-prohibitive.    The long running scheme is considered highly successful with Lord Resources reporting success under the previous round at its Ilgarari project, where two co-funded drillholes intersected primary copper mineralisation.   Copper exploration has also yielded promising results for Redstone Resources, which recovered a 10m zone of continuous copper mineralisation from a co-funded...

New details of the $1.2b Critical Minerals Strategic Reserve (CMSR) are emerging with the Federal Government confirming on Monday that antimony, gallium and rare earth elements are early priorities.

FMG banks record shipments, backs down on green hydrogen Fortescue (ASX: FMG) has documented record annual iron ore shipments for FY25, totalling 198.4mt, 55.2mt of which was shipped during the June quarter. The company also mined 64.2mt and processed 54.4mt, a respective 16% and 14% increase from the previous quarter. Fortescue chief executive Dino Otranto says the company’s performance for the year has been exceptional and is credited to the relentless focus of its teams on safety, efficiency and operational excellence. “We met all aspects of our market guidance and cemented our position as the industry’s lowest cost producer, with our annual...