Copper Ore Mining
The South Australian and Federal Governments have formally approved the Environmental Impact Statement for BHP Billiton's Olympic Dam project.
Ivanhoe Australia is moving its Mount Dore cathode copper project, in Queensland, into the prefeasibility study stage.
Cape has won a $42 million four year contract renewal to provide access services to support fabric maintenance at BHP Billiton's Olympic Dam project.
Xstrata has approved the start of an $47m pre-feasibility study into the development of a large multi-commodity open pit mine on its existing Mount Isa Mines footprint.
Conquest Mining has secured a $100m financing offer from Macquarie Bank to fund the construction of its Mount Carlton gold, silver and copper project in Queensland.
Macmahon Holdings has been awarded a two-year underground engineering construction contract valued at about $110m at the CSA underground copper mine in Cobar.
Outgoing South Australian premier Mike Rann and Treasurer Kevin Foley have been in Melbourne to negotiate the final phase of BHP's proposed $30b Olympic Dam expansion.
A Perth-based base metals explorer has expanded the scope of the bankable feasibility study for its copper and zinc project in the Pilbara with recruitment underway for a project manager.
A Ballarat-based copper, gold and iron ore explorer and mine developer says its proposed open pit mine on the Yorke Peninsula in South Australia could cost up to $800 million to develop.
Sandfire Resources' DeGrussa Copper-Gold Project 900km north of Perth will cost an estimated $384 million to develop including $267 million for plant and infrastructure.
