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The DFS-stage Mt Holland lithium mine-to-refinery project in Western Australia has received a fillip with a new study adding further positive weight to 2 other recent studies. By Mark Mentiplay
World No 4 iron ore producer Fortescue bids to meet the Chinese drive for quality with the first export shipment of its new, higher-value West Pilbara Fines product. John Feary reports
WA miner Coolgardie Minerals takes urgent measures to placate creditors after lower-than-forecast ore grades halt initial cash-flow from its Geko gold mine.
The BFS on Jangada Mines’ Brazilian PGM-gold proj has received a fillip from a new 8Mt Ni-Cu discovery under the existing PGM resource
Take-over target Explaurum’s shareholders have some good looking new FS numbers on the company’s Tampia Gold Project in WA to consider. By Mark Mentiplay
NGEx Res has flagged its intention to spin off the company’s big Josemaria Copper-Gold Project into a separate public company
The DFS on Australia’s potentially 1st scandium project envisages a 30-year, $146M operation producing up to 40tpa and ascribing it a pre-tax $234M NPV8
Australian miner Resolute credits government promise to overcome red tape delays for helping it identify more growth opportunities at Ravenswood gold project.
Intermin Res merger/share bid for fellow Western Australia gold explorer MacPhersons Res to create Horizon Resources as new stand-alone producer. By Mark Mentiplay
Teck Resources is selling 30% of its big Chilean copper project for $1.2B and flagged production start-up in H2 2021. By MBM’s N American correspondent
Global industrialist Sanjeev Gupta’s growing involvement with Australian minerals may have led to the discovery of a major new iron ore project close to Broken Hill in South Australia.
Independent advisers have backed Explaurum’s rejection of an all-scrip, $60M takeover bid from miner Ramelius Resources saying it’s undervalued
New study flags late 2021 start to gold conc production from INV Metals’$341M Ecuador project, with initial output of 2.6Moz AuEq in the 1st 12-years. By MBM American correspondent
Termination of its Cabinda phosphate rock prospecting permit in Angola may open new opportunities for Australian explorer Minbos Resources.
Heavy seasonal rains have cut FY/CY18 gold expectations from Hummingbird’s Yanfolila mine in Mali
Adani Mining to fully fund a slimmer, cheaper, albeit still controversial, Carmichael coal/rail project in Queensland with ramp up ore already set for Adani’s clients
Final investment approval for the $310M expansion of the Olarox lithium project is expected to see commissioning in H2 2020. By MBM correspondent Mark Mentiplay
New study opens the door to more development options for Capstone’s $1.9B Chilean iron oxide-copper-gold project that could be producing in 2022
It’s early days yet, but BHP is generating intense speculation about a new Olympic Dam-style IOCG discovery with the report of strong copper, gold, uranium and silver intersections from exploration in South Australia’s Stuart Shelf.
A scoping study has delivered a robust case for underground development at Genesis Minerals’ Ulysses gold project, but more drilling success could still deliver a significant boost. John Feary reports
(DEVELOPMENT) In transforming its depleted openpit into an innovative, highly automated and sophisticated underground operations, Resolute Mining aims to set new standards in sustainable and responsible mining.
(DEVELOPMENT) They’re from the government, and they’re going to reduce state charges on minerals extracted from brine. John Feary reports on the good news for the companies working to establish potash mining operations on West Australia’s many salt lakes.
(DEVELOPMENT) Chinese-backed majority partner PanAust has outlined a radical change of development strategy in a new feasibility study for one of the world’s largest undeveloped copper-gold deposits, the giant Frieda River project in Papua New Guinea.
(BUREAUCRACY) On the same day that an expert review committee cleared its Kuantan advanced materials plant of breaching safety conditions, the Malaysian government has hit Lynas Corporation with new pre-conditions on renewing its operating licence.
(DEVELOPMENT) UK-based GCM Resources continues to build on its plans to deliver a holistic coal mine-to-power development proposal to the Bangladesh government that would increase the energy-starved country’s generation capacity by 50%.
(DEVELOPMENT) ‘Value over volume’ strategy to the fore as Rio Tinto gives the investment go-ahead for the new iron ore mine that it expects to set new benchmarks for mining automation and digital sophistication. John Feary reports
