Rio Tinto sells Coal & Allied Industries to Yancoal Australia for $2.45bn
Rio Tinto has agreed to sell its wholly-owned Australian subsidiary Coal & Allied Industries Limited to Yancoal Australia Limited.
The transaction, valued at up to...
QUT researchers develop new positioning system for underground mining vehicles
QUT researchers have developed a new technology that could enable underground mining vehicles to navigate autonomously through dust, camera blur and bad lighting.
Autonomous vehicles...
Pilbara Minerals greenlights Pilgangoora mine development
Australian lithium developer Pilbara Minerals has reached a final investment decision (FID) to fully develop its 100%-owned Pilgangoora Lithium-Tantalum Project in WA’s Pilbara region.
It...
BHP Billiton announces demerger of non-core assets to simplify its portfolio
BHP Billiton is considering splitting into core and non-core operations, which will see a number of as yet unnamed assets transferred into a new...
Japanese gas giant Nippon Gas invests in Australian energy management firm COzero
Japan’s Nippon Gas Co. Ltd has made a significant investment in Australian energy management company COzero Holdings Ltd, as the Japanese energy sector moves toward...
BHP partners with Toyota Australia to transition fleet to EVs
Toyota Australia and mining giant BHP are strengthening their long-standing partnership with a new effort that will drive the electrification of BHP’s fleet of Toyota vehicles.
OZ Minerals to go ahead with development of SA’s second biggest mine
OZ Minerals has green lighted the development of a $916 million copper mine in South Australia- the second biggest in the state.
The Carrapateena copper...
Core Lithium prepares Northern Territory’s first lithium exports
ASX-listed lithium producer Core Lithium recently began preparing its first shipment from the Finniss Lithium mine at Darwin Port.
About 15,000 dry metric tonnes of...
Fortescue’s autonomous trucks at Cloudbreak commence operations
Fortescue's first Cat 789D model trucks fitted with Autonomous Haulage Technology (AHS) are now in operation at Cloudbreak.
Fortescue, which began its journey to develop...
Havilah and CNC temporarily halt mining at Portia
Havilah Resources announced that project partners Consolidated Mining and Civil (CMC) have temporarily suspended mining at the Portia gold mine due to safety concerns...
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