What You Missed in the News This Week

Rivet Mining Services has gone into administration due to extreme weather events, labour shortages, project delays and rising costs. Mining services, which provides bulk haulage and ancillary onsite services to mining companies in WA, is the only business within the Rivet Group effected. Chris Hill, Vaughan Strawbridge and Hayden White from FTI Consulting have been …

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What You Missed in the News This Week

Lynas has secured $200m in investments from Japan Australia Rare Earths through a subscription of ordinary shares. Lynas CEO and managing director, Amanda Lacaze, said “JARE has been a valued and strategic partner to Lynas since 2011 and we welcome these new agreements which better reflect demand forecasts from the Japanese rare earths market.”   …

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What You Missed in the News This Week

Weeks after the West Australian Government raised concerns that Alcoa’s mines posed a risk to the Serpentine Dam and 1/5 of Perth’s drinking water, it has been discovered that the US miner has risked another WA dam. Alcoa applied for approval to build pipelines over WA’s Waroona Dam to pump PFAS contaminated water from firefighting …

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What You Missed in the News This Week

Boss Energy has appointed James Davidson as general manager of its Honeymoon Uranium project and Jacobus van Rooyen as its construction manager. Boss Energy managing director, Duncan Craib said James Davidson “has immense experience across project management and construction, with particular emphasis on uranium metallurgy and operations.” Craib also said “Kobus is a team player, …

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12 Months of Mining Recap

A lot has happened in 2022 so we’ve compiled some of this year’s biggest mining news: January Rio Tinto expects the introduction of battery-electric powered trains in the Pilbara will help them halve their emissions by 2030. They hope the trial will pave the way for its entire fleet of 220 diesel locomotives to go …

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What you missed in the news this week

St Barbara and Genesis Minerals have announced their merger to create Hoover House, St Barbara will acquire 100% of the shares in Genesis. Genesis shareholders will own 41% of Hoover House, with St Barbara shareholders owning 38%. Hoover House will have a production target of over 300,000oz of gold per annum. St Barbara chair, Tim …

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What You Missed in the New this Week

Surbiton Associates has announced Australian gold production for the September 22 quarter is down 9% from the June 22 quarter. The September quarter saw 76 tonnes compared to the 83 tonnes from the June quarter. Surbiton Associates director, Dr Sandra Close said gold production for the quarter is somewhat disappointing and stated “some wet weather …

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What You Missed This Week in the News

BHP has offered Oz Minerals a takeover offer of $28.25/share, including $9.6B, three months after their initial unsolicited offer. BHP offered a$25/share, $8.4m takeover offer in August, which Oz Minerals rejected, saying it failed to properly value the company’s portfolio. The offer comes after the two renewed talks on Thursday, and Oz Minerals board have …

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Top Story – Bill Beament Leaves Northern Star In July.

Northern Star Resources Limited has provided an update. In their efforts to initiate a global search for an Independent NonExecutive Chair, Bill Beament will retire from the Northern Star Board, effective July 1, 2021. Mr Beament has agreed to take up an Executive Director role with Venturex Resources from July 1. Mr Beament said he fully …

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Diggers & Dealers Keynote Speaker Announced for 2021

  A former advisor to President Nelson Mandela, a key author of twenty one books and a previous Principal Economist at the EBRD (European Bank for Reconstruction and Development) has been announced as the Diggers and Dealers key note speaker for 2021. Professor Ian Goldin. Professor Goldin specialises in economics and has numerous credentials on …

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