Austal's Chief Executive Officer, Andrew Bellamy, said Mr Backhouse would bring considerable value to the operation, which is now focussed on the design and manufacture of naval and paramilitary vessels for the Australian and international ...
Metal Bank is planning to follow up high grade rock chip results of up to 30.8 grams per tonne gold, 154 gram per tonne silver and 6.54% copper from the Spinifex Ridge East Project in early 2013. Spinifex Ridge East is located around 10 ...
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Pluton Resources Ltd may soon start to export iron ore mined from approximately 60 meters below sea level in the coming weeks. Mr Tony Schoer CEO of Pluton's said that the revenue obtained from this export will be used to fund further ...
Tags: iron ore price news, mining, iron, copper ore mining
Thundelarra Exploration has started rotary air blast and reverse circulation drilling at its wholly owned Curara Well copper and gold project in the Gascoyne Province, Western Australia. The program of 150 holes totalling 5,000 meters ...
Tags: copper and gold project, Thundelarra Exploration, mining exploration
Bloomberg reported that Chinese leaders have signaled they will continue to support investment in iron ore in Western Australia despite the recent slump in demand for the bulk commodity. Beijing's most powerful economic planning agency ...
Sandfire Resources has shipped the first load of copper concentrate from its 100%-owned DeGrussa Copper and Gold Mine in Western Australia. The maiden shipment comprised 4,958 dry tonnes of copper concentrate grading approximately 22% ...
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MENAFN reported that Pluton Resources Limited from Australia will ship the first batch of iron ores to China, becoming one more burgeoning small iron ore supplier from Western Australia. The first batch of iron ores totaling 43,000 tonne ...
Global Times reported that state owned Sinosteel Corporation refused to comment Thursday on a report about losses incurred at its overseas businesses, but experts said it was another case of Chinese companies failing to conduct due ...
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Associated British Foods today (10 September) revealed it had taken an impairment charge of A$150m (US$155m) on its Australian meat business as it battles "difficult" trading conditions in the market. The UK-listed group announced the ...
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The cost of the Gorgon LNG project offshore Western Australia has grown 40.5% to $52 billion, operator Chevron said Wednesday. A cost and schedule review has been completed, with the total cost estimate for the "foundation project" up ...
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The Australian reported that construction of a new rail line through Western Australia's resource rich Pilbara region could drive down iron ore prices and force out of business the very mines the network would unlock, an exhaustive analysis ...
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Accent Resources' pit optimization study has indicated that its Norseman Gold project hosts mineable inventory of 0.85 million tonnes at 1.62 grams per tonne gold for a contained resource of 41,800 ounces. This represents a significant ...
Sheffield Resources has announced the commencement of a VTEM airborne electromagnetic survey at its Red Bull Project, located within 20 kilometers of Sirius Resources NL's recent Nova nickel copper discovery in the newly identified Fraser ...
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Proactive Investors reported that Magnetic Resources has completed a conceptual initial financial assessment of the wholly owned Ragged Rock magnetite project in Western Australia indicating a robust economic return. Critically, it would ...
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According to The Australian, Mr Andrew Forrest chairman of Fortescue Metals Group Ltd chairman has begun charting a path to recovery for the company after it put a series of projects on hold three months ago due to sharply declining ...
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