Nickel miner Western Areas NL says it is on track to start up two new mines near its Flying Fox mine in Western Australia next year.

Managing director Julian Hanna told the company’s annual general meeting in Perth on Friday that these developments, the Spotted Quoll and Diggers South mines, between Kalgoorlie and Esperance, would be [...]

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A planned oil and gas exploration off the NSW coast has been praised as the public could benefit from a drop in petrol prices.  However the Greens believe it would give false hope and put the environment at risk.
Media reports have said skyrocketing oil prices had driven an Australian joint venture to develop a drilling [...]

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British-Australian mining giant BHP Billiton said on Tuesday it had agreed to buy mineral exploration and development company  Anglo Potash for $CAD284 million equivalent to $AUD300 million.
BHP Billiton is the world’s largest diversified natural resources company, with some 39,000 employees across 100 operations in over 20 countries.
Anglo’s president and CEO, Todd Montgomery said “We are [...]

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