The significance of the Red 5–Silver Lake merger
Silver Lake Resources and Red 5 have announced a merger proposal that is set to create a diversified mid-tier gold company producing around 445,000 ounces per annum.
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Olympic Dam goes green
The Federal Government has backed a wind farm and big battery project in South Australia, which will supply electricity to BHP’s Olympic Dam copper mine.
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Chasing grade in Cloncurry
An advanced private explorer has been operating largely under the radar in north-west Queensland, with two new high-grade mines due to enter production within three years.
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Copper on the up for Silver Lake, Sandfire
Silver Lake Resources and Sandfire Resources have announced their December 2023 quarterly results, demonstrating strong gold and copper production.
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Codelco makes lithium moves
Chile-based copper producer Codelco is set to diversify its offering by acquiring Australian junior Lithium Power International (LPI).
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True North locks in copper deal with Glencore
True North Copper has signed two agreements with Glencore to support the development of its Cloncurry copper project.
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‘Nickel industry is undergoing structural changes’: BHP
As the Australian nickel industry facing multiple headwinds, BHP is weighing up options to “mitigate the impacts of the sharp fall in nickel prices”.
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Evolution stacks up new greenfields projects
Evolution Mining has taken a bigger bite of Queensland’s copper coffers with an earn-in agreement for a stake in Red Fox Resources’ Cloncurry North project.
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Copper a pillar of growth for Rio Tinto
Rio Tinto has ended 2023 with a mined copper production of 620,000 tonnes, a two per cent increase on 2022 production.
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Former copper CEO resigns
Buxton Resources non-executive director Eamon Hannon has resigned from the company’s board effective from today.
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Norwest and Buxton welcome copper breakthroughs
Norwest Minerals and Buxton Resources have seen “significant” growth at their respective copper prospects in Western Australia.
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Kin Mining makes key metal discovery at Cardinia
Kin Mining has discovered “significant” volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) mineralisation at its Cardinia gold project in the north-eastern Goldfields region of Western Australia.
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Havieron increases gold resource
Greatland Gold has updated the mineral resource estimate (MRE) for its Havieron copper-gold project located in the Paterson province of Western Australia.
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Andromeda set to sell Moonta
Andromeda Metals will sell its Moonta and Alford copper-gold projects in South Australia to EnviroCopper (ECL).
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Evolution officially acquires Northparkes majority
Evolution Mining has completed the acquisition of China Molybdenum Co’s (CMOC) 80 per cent interest in the Northparkes copper-gold mine.
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Cloncurry copper project gets the go-ahead
True North Copper (TNC) will combine the Great Australia Mine Reserve (GAM) and the Wallace North Reserve into the Cloncurry copper project, a single proposed mining operation.
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Rio seeks approval for Winu ‘copper whopper’
Rio Tinto is seeking environmental approval for a new copper mine in Western Australia.
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Evolution raises millions for new copper mine
Evolution Mining has completed a $525 million fully underwritten placement to support its acquisition of an 80 per cent stake in the Northparkes copper-gold mine in New South Wales.
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Black Cat digs claws into gold and copper
Black Cat Syndicate has entered into an agreement with Kingfisher Mining to acquire 100 per cent interest in five tenements covering about 700km2 in the Ashburton Basin, Western Australia.
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Rio Tinto to spend $9.4 billion on Simandou
Rio Tinto held its 2023 investor seminar on December 6, where executives provided updates on the company’s long-term strategy to strengthen operations and continue decarbonisation.
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