Gold Ore Mining
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.
Macmahon Holdings has been awarded mining contracts throughout Western Australia and New South Wales worth a total of $90 million.
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.
Macmahon has been awarded the ten-year mining contract to develop the greenfields gold project for the Tropicana Joint Venture, worth an estimated $900 million.
The Kalgoorlie subsidiary of a power generation project developer has won the contract to build own and operate a 12MW power station for a gold project 350km NNW of Kalgoorlie.
An emerging gold producer and explorer has signed off on development of a $100 million gold mine in the eastern goldfields paving the way to start of construction.
A newly listed gold explorer based in NSW has appointed a mining services provider to undertake a concept study for its gold tenement near Nurraga three hours west of Sydney.
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.
TriAusMin will most likely assess in Q3 CY2011 financing options for its Woodlawn Re-treatment Project (WRP) in Tarago following completion of Front End Engineering & Design (FEED).
