Northern Star maintains $225m exploration budget

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The MOU supports Metallium’s plan to develop a national network of e-waste processing facilities, strategically located near major e-waste collection hubs, rapidly expanding U.S. data centre industrial parks and regional industrial corridors with strong logistics and waste generation.

Output increased as prices fall: Fortescue

Output increased as prices fall: Fortescue

By Rachel Dally-Watkins 17 April, 2015 FORTESCUE Metals Group will increase output by as much as 10 million tonnes by the end of the 2015 financial year, just weeks after publicly calling out majors BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto for flooding the market. In its March quarter report, Fortescue’s shipping guidance was upgraded to between 160mt and 165mt, to reflect “the strong operational performance for the year to date”. The new target would result in a substantial increase to the 124mt shipped in the previous financial year. The move prompted criticism, given Fortescue chairman Andrew Forrest’s recent infamous call for iron ore majors to cap their production to ease the pressure of plunging iron ore prices. “Rio is competing with…

Liontown produces more than 10kt of spodumene concentrate from Kathleen Valley

Liontown produces more than 10kt of spodumene concentrate from Kathleen Valley

Liontown Resources (ASX: LTR) has produced more than 10kt of spodumene concentrate since beginning operations at its Kathleen Valley lithium project in WA. The concentrate produced to-date has a weighted average grade of 5.2% lithium oxide and the concentrate stockpile is currently split between site and port. Around half of the stockpile is already at the port with the remaining to be progressively transported to the port ahead of first shipment planned for September. Liontown managing director and chief executive Tony Ottaviano commented on the milestone. “Reaching significant levels of concentrate stockpiles at Kathleen Valley is another remarkable achievement from our team and the plant design, especially considering it’s only one month since we announced first production,” he said. “The…

MinRes boosts Indigenous participation with new joint venture

MinRes boosts Indigenous participation with new joint venture

Mineral Resources (ASX: MIN) has commenced a new joint venture, Yardi Mining Services, to place Traditional Owners of the Onslow Iron project at the centre of sustainable economic participation. The partnership with wholly owned subsidiary CSI Mining Services (CSI) and Robe River Services (RRS), which represents the Robe River Kuruma (RRK) community in WA, creates pathways for RRK members to gain skills across a diverse range of mining services — from operating heavy machinery such as excavators and dump trucks, to roles spanning safety and administration. RRK Aboriginal Corporation and RRS chairperson Kelly Slattery says Yardi was created to deliver more than a contractual arrangement and resets the standard for Aboriginal economic participation. “At its core, this partnership is about…

Weir Minerals announces new partnership with XMPro

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Weir Minerals announces new partnership with XMPro

Weir Minerals has announced a new partnership with XMPro, a leading digital twin platform. The partnership will enable intelligent equipment and services and support miners to achieve higher performance while also reducing the environmental footprint of their operations. The XMPro platform – as a part of the Synertrex digital ecosystem – will facilitate the delivery of event intelligence, predictive analytics, and real-time insights. It allows for data orchestration and value creation from multiple sources, including sensors, miners’ digital ecosystems, and data only available to Weir Minerals as an OEM, like maintenance data and 3D engineering models. The platform identifies critical events by applying AI and predictive analytics, which will provide Weir Minerals’ customers with the next generation of predictive services…

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Fortescue delivers first BYD battery to WA

Fortescue (ASX: FMG) has delivered its first large-scale BYD Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) to North Star Junction (NSJ) in a move to decarbonise its Pilbara iron ore operations.

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Stellantis drops Australian nickel deal due to market concerns

The NiWest project is one of Australia’s highest-grade nickel-cobalt projects. Stellantis will terminate its supply deal for battery-grade nickel and cobalt from Alliance Nickel’s (ASX: AXN) NiWest project, effective December 3. Stellantis cited challenging nickel market conditions and associated project financing constraints as the cause of the termination. The initial agreement signed in 2023, saw Stellantis buying 170,000t of nickel sulphate and 12,000t of cobalt sulphate, representing about 40% of NiWest’s predicted output over five years. The past two years have seen the global nickel market take a hit due to a surge in supply from lower-cost countries like Indonesia coming online. Currently, nickel is at a 7-week low with the underperformance placing increased pressure on the industry. This…

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Havieron ore reserve climbs to third largest in Australia

reatland Resources’ (ASX: GGP) Havieron feasibility study confirms the project’s potential as a world-class gold-copper mine capable of generating an annual pre-tax free cashflow of $739m.

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Onslow Iron transitions to gas

Onslow Iron transitions to gasOperations at the Port of Ashburton, a critical link in Mineral Resources’ (ASX: MIN) Onslow Iron supply chain, are now running entirely on natural gas.The complete transition from diesel to natural gas for port operations will reduce greenhouse gas emissions whilst streamlining operations through the removal of extensive diesel logistics and handling, according to the miner.The change will result in displacing about 60 million litres of diesel every year for power generation at the port.Site infrastructure includes a 14MW gas-fired power station which is now connected to the Wheatstone Ashburton West Gas Pipeline.MinRes power station operations manager Gary Stevens comments on the milestone.“The introduction of a gas-fired power station at the port represents a major step towards delivering cleaner and more sustainable mining and export infrastructure,” he said.“Bringing something of this scale together and operational is a huge piece of work and couldn’t be done without the team’s dedication, diligence and expertise.”The Port of Ashburton, located about 150km from Ken’s Bore mine site in West Pilbara, plays a critical role at Onslow as it is where iron ore is loaded onto purpose-built 20,000t transhippers for transfer to bulk carriers offshore.MinRes general operations and development manager Rowan Hill commented on the company’s commitment to investing into greener technologies.“We consider clean energy critical to the sustainability of our industry and the communities where we operate,” he said.“We’re continually exploring ways to reduce emissions across our operations and by connecting the port to the gas lateral, we’re reducing our diesel consumption and taking another positive step towards more cost-effective and cleaner operations.”