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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Global mining giant Rio Tinto Ltd has signed two agreements with the world’s largest copper producer CODELCO, to explore for the base metal in Chile.
The first agreement covers the Esteli prospect which adjoins the Exploradora property in northern Chile. 
The second agreement covers the Paloma prospect near the El Tesoro min and the BHP Billiton Ltd-operated [...]

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The State Government has called on the Opposition Leader Colin Barnett to name the ports it would ship uranium from if it wins Government.
Yesterday Mr Barnett said there was no need for nuclear power in Western Australia for at least 50 years and yet indicated his support for uranium mining.
Meanwhile, the Premier Alan Carpenter has [...]

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Queensland experts in underground coal mine fires and explosions have shared their knowledge with mining countries around the world.
Queensland’s Safety in Mines Testing and Research Station (Simtars), is seen as a world leader in mine safety and has been sharing their expert advice with some of the largest mine producing nations around the world.
‘North America, [...]

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AAAI’s new website
The AAAI Group has launched its new website at www.aaai.com.au. They have made their website easier to navigate, more user friendly and have added a range of new features. The new site features a streamlined navigation system which now only contains four main sections, helping candidates get to what you want faster. They [...]

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A new report has found that Australia’s mining sector will need an extra 86,000 workers over the next 12 years.

The Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) today released the report prepared by the National Institute of Labour Studies (NILS) on the sector’s labour force outlook to 2020.
The research projections show an increasing demand for labour if [...]

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A large underground basin of “hot rocks” has been discovered by geologists who believe it could provide clean energy to a quarter of Queensland.
The Millungera Basin, located about 100 kilometres east off Cloncurry in North-West Queensland, covers a 15,000 square kilometre area and could hold geothermal energy potentially to rival that of the Copper Basin [...]

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The idea of making the Australian Defence Force (ADF) responsible for security of Australia’s oil and gas projects has been raised at the first Defence White Paper community meeting in Darwin.
Members of the public raised the issue of who was responsible for ensuring mining projects were protected, since they form a significant part of the [...]

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The executive general manager at Perilya Limited, Paul Arandt, says the company is conservative in its water use, and it takes every opportunity to recycle contained mine water.
The Greens’ mining spokeswoman, Lee Rhiannon, has said some mining companies are keeping water from farm and domestic users and jeopardising the long-term viability of the agricultural sector.
 Perilya [...]

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The world’s first deep sea mining project  is being halted by Indigenous people from coastal areas in Papua New Guinea.
Brisbane-based Nautilus Minerals is well on its way to starting the world’s first sea floor copper mine in 1,500 metres of water not far from East New Britain.
But the project’s fast pace is worrying locals, who have [...]

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