EPA approval for expansion of Southdown mine
Friday, July 1st, 2011Grange Resources has received environmental approval to expand production at its proposed Southdown magnetite mine, near Albany. View full post on ABC News: Business
Grange Resources has received environmental approval to expand production at its proposed Southdown magnetite mine, near Albany. View full post on ABC News: Business
Environment body threatens mine project
Sunday, June 5th, 2011The Mines Minister Norman Moore says he would be very disappointed to see one of the world's biggest mineral sands miners pull out of Western Australia as a result of an Environmental Protection Authority ruling. View full post on ABC News: Business
Solomons dispute Australian mine licence
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011The Solomon Islands government says a prospecting licence issued to a small Australian mining company last week by a minister who has since been sacked is not valid. View full post on ABC News: Business
Pressure grows on Ranger mine to close
Friday, April 8th, 2011The Australian company that produces 10 per cent of the world's uranium is under increasing pressure by Aboriginal traditional owners to shut up shop. View full post on ABC News: Business
Government approves massive coal mine project
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011The Federal Government has given the go-ahead to what could be the biggest coal mine in the Southern Hemisphere. View full post on ABC News: Business
Atlas to restart mid west vanadium mine
Friday, February 18th, 2011The mining company Atlas expects production at its Mid West vanadium mine to begin this year, after securing the $335 million needed to complete construction of the site. View full post on ABC News: Business
Poseidon nickel mine to re-open next year
Wednesday, February 16th, 2011West Australian mining company, Poseidon Nickel, hopes to have its Windarra nickel mine, near Laverton refurbished and back in production by 2012. View full post on ABC News: Business
NZ mine bodies unlikely to be recovered
Monday, January 17th, 2011The receiver for Pike River Coal says it is unlikely the remains of 29 men killed in the New Zealand mine disaster last year will ever be recovered. View full post on ABC News: Business
Unions say mine reforms too slow after worker’s death
Sunday, December 26th, 2010Unions are calling on the state government to investigate mine safety after the death of a worker in the Pilbara. View full post on ABC News: Business
Worker killed in WA mine accident
Friday, December 24th, 2010A contract worker has been killed at a mine in Western Australia's Pilbara region. View full post on ABC News: Business