Resources Projects

Process-heavy rare earths build moves into supplier window

Process plant, infrastructure, power, water, accommodation, logistics, mining services and maintenance contractors are moving into the line of sight as a rare earths development shifts from financing and readiness work toward construction.

Nolans shifts from critical minerals story to supply chain opportunity

Arafura Rare Earths’ Nolans project is moving towards construction, creating a major opportunity for suppliers that can bring safety, discipline, practical engineering and cost-effective delivery to one of Australia’s most strategically important rare earths developments.

Open cut and underground gold mine advances past environmental referral as approvals pipeline opens

Civil and mining contractors, dewatering specialists, infrastructure suppliers and camp services operators are now in scope as an open cut and underground gold mining project moves past its environmental referral hurdle and enters a multi-agency approvals sequence.

Critical minerals mine advances through feasibility and environmental assessment, opening broad contractor and supplier exposure

A long-life hardrock mining project is progressing through definitive feasibility and dual regulatory assessment, exposing a broad range of civil, processing, power, and services contractors to an early tender window.

Battery minerals mining project enters delivery window as DFS advances and early works commence

Mining contractors, processing plant fabricators, camp and accommodation suppliers, civil contractors, and power and utilities specialists are entering the exposure window for a substantial open pit and underground mining project in the Pilbara that is advancing rapidly toward construction.

Pilbara iron ore mine enters environmental assessment, opening early works and survey supply chain

Contractors and specialist survey firms active in the Pilbara are the first to position for an iron ore mine proposal that has now entered formal environmental assessment, triggering a structured supply window before any construction can begin.

Long-lead equipment orders open as Pilbara lithium expansion moves toward construction

Equipment suppliers and civil contractors are in the frame as a $175 million pre-final investment decision capital programme gets underway at an operating lithium mine in the Pilbara.

Greenfields iron ore mine enters WA environmental assessment, opening two-year window for supply chain positioning

A new greenfields iron ore mine in the eastern Pilbara has entered WA's formal environmental assessment process, flagging a multi-year approvals pathway before construction-phase procurement begins.

Industrial contractors gain positioning window as critical minerals expansion studies advance

Heavy industrial contractors, shutdown specialists, process plant suppliers and maintenance providers are emerging as early beneficiaries as governments back feasibility work examining the future expansion of Australia's critical minerals processing capability.

Greenfield open cut mine advances toward delivery, opening mining, processing and rail packages

A new greenfield open cut mine is advancing toward construction, opening an early positioning window for mining, processing, rail, electrical and water infrastructure contractors.