Tivan Mobilises for Tungsten Drilling at Molyhil
Tivan has mobilised its 2026 fieldwork campaign in central Australia, launching a 13‑hole, 1,950‑metre drilling program at the Molyhil tungsten project after receiving Northern Territory regulatory clearance. The first‑phase effort aims to discover new tungsten mineralisation beyond the existing 4.647 Mt JORC‑compliant resource. Concurrently, the company is finalising a scoping study for a future mining and processing operation, slated for release later this month. Following Molyhil, Tivan will shift to a larger 58‑hole, 6,405‑metre drilling campaign at the adjacent Sandover fluorite project.
Queensland Accelerates ‘Significant’ Critical Minerals Project
Queensland has designated the Sugarbag Hill ultra‑high purity quartz sand venture as a prescribed project, unlocking faster approvals for a $515 million Australian (≈$340 million USD) development. The project will generate 600 construction jobs and 140 permanent roles across North and Far...
Antipa Hails Stronger Minyari Development Potential
Antipa Minerals announced a mineral resource upgrade for its 100%‑owned Minyari gold‑copper‑silver project in Western Australia. The total resource now stands at 2.9 million ounces of gold, or 3.6 million ounces gold‑equivalent, reflecting a near‑10% increase. Indicated resources have risen to 85%...
DynaPrime: Built for Australia’s SAG and Large Ball Mills
Tega Industries introduced DynaPrime, a composite liner that merges plates and lifters for Australian SAG and large ball mills. The system claims up to an 85% increase in wear life, reducing annual shutdowns from three to two and adding roughly...
WA Strengthens Fuel Supply Transparency to Boost Mining Productivity
The Western Australian government is moving to compel fuel suppliers to share detailed operational data under the Fuel, Energy and Power Resources Act, aiming to increase transparency across the state’s fuel supply chain. If the order is approved, regulators can...
Exploration Round-Up: Kali Uncovers High-Grade Shallow Gold
Kali Metals has secured 100% ownership of the DOM’s Hill Project in Western Australia and identified multiple shallow, high‑grade gold targets through historic data review and early‑stage drilling. The company plans to fast‑track these targets in its 2026 exploration program....
March Sales Position Northern Star for Golden Ramp Up
Northern Star Resources sold 381,000 ounces of gold in the March quarter, keeping the miner on track to exceed its FY26 goal of 1.5 million ounces. After nine months, output has already reached 1.11 million ounces, indicating strong momentum. The company’s new...
Perenti Appoints Vanessa Torres as New CEO
Perenti Limited announced Dr. Vanessa Torres as its next managing director and chief executive officer, succeeding Mark Norwell. Torres arrives from South32, where she most recently served as chief operating officer, and brings over 25 years of global resources experience,...
Tungsten Boom Delivers New Opportunities for Larvotto
Tungsten prices have surged from roughly $300 per metric tonne in early 2025 to $2,650 per tonne by March 2026, driven by Chinese export curbs and heightened demand for critical minerals. Larvotto Resources is capitalising on this boom with a...
Record Resource Sector Spend Supports Around Two in Five Job Across WA
Western Australia’s resources sector delivered a record economic contribution of AUD 166 billion (≈ USD 110 billion) in 2024‑25. That spending equals roughly AUD 454 million (≈ USD 300 million) per day and supports about 650,000 jobs, or two‑fifths of all employment in the state. The industry paid AUD 26 billion in...
Morella–Elevra Joint Venture Delivers Strong Pegmatite Hits at Mt Edon
Elevra Limited and Morella Corporation have finished a 20‑hole, 1,700‑metre reverse‑circulation drilling campaign at the Mt Edon rubidium‑lithium project in Western Australia. The program intersected broad pegmatite zones in 11 holes, including an 84‑metre interval starting at 18 metres depth, confirming a...
Rio Bounces Back From Cyclone Narelle
Rio Tinto quickly restored Pilbara iron ore port operations after Cyclone Narelle forced shutdowns on March 24. Ship loading resumed at East Intercourse Island, Parker Point and Cape Lambert B by March 28, while repairs continue at Cape Lambert A. The company says it...
ABx Advances Hydrogen Fluoride Pilot Plant as Strategic Importance Grows
ABx Group’s subsidiary ALCORE Limited has lodged an Environmental Effects Report for its hydrogen fluoride pilot plant in Bell Bay, Tasmania, marking a regulatory milestone. Civil design is complete, a building permit has been applied for, and the first equipment...
Bullabulling Results Strengthen Minerals 260’s Gold Footprint
Minerals 260 reported high‑grade drill results from its 100%‑owned Bullabulling gold project, including a 7‑metre intercept grading 7.2 g/t gold with a 2‑metre core of 22.6 g/t. The latest assay data from 22 holes, totalling 5,425 metres, confirm mineralisation beyond the current 4.5‑million‑ounce resource...
Alkane Secures $110 Million Boost
Alkane Resources secured a $110 million (≈$73 million USD) revolving credit facility and a $40 million (≈$26 million USD) contingent instrument facility, expanding its tier‑one banking relationships with ANZ, Commonwealth Bank, Macquarie and Westpac. The new facilities complement an early repayment of a $45 million...
Exploration Round-Up: Legacy’s Greenfields Gold Discovery
Legacy Minerals announced a greenfield gold discovery at its Mascotte prospect, intersecting 40 m at 1.0 g/t gold in the first diamond hole, outside the current Mt Carrington resource. Kalamazoo Resources reported that Phase 1 drilling at Mt Olympus in Western Australia confirms the gold...
Aeris Turns to Constellation After $14.5m Copper Exit
Aeris Resources sold its north‑Queensland copper assets to Dingo Minerals for about US$9.6 million, receiving US$3.3 million cash, US$4.3 million from bond releases and a US$2.0 million deferred payment. The divestment coincided with a 62% jump in half‑year FY26 net profit to US$31.6 million, driven...
Australia Poised as ‘Global Resource Rising Star’ in Electrified World: IEA Chief
International Energy Agency chief Fatih Birol said Australia is becoming a "global resource rising star" thanks to its extensive reserves of LNG, lithium, copper, cobalt and uranium. He highlighted that the country's mineral wealth positions it to supply both traditional...
NSW Targets Fuel Distribution to Support Miners
The New South Wales government announced a coordinated response to diesel distribution gaps that are affecting mining, agriculture and freight. Data from FuelCheck shows 187 stations lack diesel, including 78 in key mining regions, while 32 stations have no fuel...
Johnson Range Resource Upgrade Lifts Forrestania Acquisition Push
Forrestania Resources has moved closer to acquiring the Johnson Range gold project in Western Australia after a new mineral resource estimate confirmed 103,500 ounces of gold, surpassing the 88,000‑ounce threshold set in its acquisition agreement. The estimate, prepared by Newcam...
Massive Geothermal Potential in Millungera Basin Set for Drilling Boost
Sunrise Energy Metals and U.S. tech firm I‑Pulse are investing $5 million to develop geothermal drilling in Queensland’s Millungera Basin, targeting up to an 80% project stake. The basin is estimated to hold over 611,000 PJ of thermal energy—about 600 times Australia’s...
Vault Surges Toward Processing Milestone at King of the Hills
Vault Minerals announced that its Stage 1 upgrade at the King of the Hills gold mine in Western Australia is on schedule and within budget. The new primary crusher and conveyor will begin processing ore on 31 March 2026, boosting annual throughput to...
Magnetic Lifts Lady Julie Underground Production Target in WA
Magnetic Resources has lifted the underground production target for its wholly‑owned Lady Julie gold project in Western Australia to roughly 13 million tonnes at 2 g/t gold, following scoping‑level optimisation. The revised plan forecasts a 14‑19‑year underground mine life with annual output...
Redefining Reliability: When Systems Wait, Operations Pay the Price
Australian mining operators are increasingly halted not by equipment failure but by prolonged waits for critical OEM components, as global supply chains stretch lead times from weeks to months. Geopolitical tensions and freight disruptions have turned part availability into a...
Industry Veteran Takes the Helm at Glencore
Glencore has appointed Peter Sharpe as CEO of its Australian coal division, succeeding Ian Cribb. Sharpe arrives with more than three decades of senior mining experience at BHP, Newcrest, South32 and previously at Glencore. The move follows Glencore’s recent decision...
Multi-Billion-Dollar Copper Boom for Queensland
Queensland’s government has declared Harmony Gold’s Eva copper project a large‑resource development, allocating roughly $1.5 billion USD in capital. The mine, located near Cloncurry and Mount Isa, is slated to produce about 60,000 tonnes of copper and 19,000 troy ounces of gold each...
Flexco System Prevents Costly Conveyor Failure at Cemex
Flexco installed its Elevate belt‑rip detection system at Cemex UK’s Dove Holes Quarry, where it automatically shut down a conveyor after detecting a fallen steel plate in April 2025. The rapid shutdown within 12 metres averted a catastrophic belt rupture and prevented weeks...
Renascor Hits Cobalt-Copper Mineralisation at Bulloo Creek
Renascor Resources announced that its 13‑hole, 2,340‑metre reverse‑circulation drill program at the Bulloo Creek prospect intersected significant cobalt and copper mineralisation across both eastern and western magnetic anomalies. The eastern anomaly returned a 16‑metre interval averaging 901 ppm cobalt, including a...
Curtin Geoscience Hub Aims to Boost Critical Minerals Exploration
Curtin University has launched the Curtin Frontier Institute for Geoscience Solutions (CFIGS) to accelerate critical minerals exploration in Western Australia. The institute links government, industry and academia through a Geo Shopfront platform that delivers tailored geoscience services. Backed by Curtin’s world‑class...
Push for AI Trial to Speed up Environmental Approvals
The Minerals Council of Australia is seeking a $13 million, three‑year AI pilot to modernise environmental approvals under the EPBC Act. The council argues that decision times have jumped 60 % to 3.8 years, stalling projects worth billions. If successful, the initiative could...
Critical Mineral Push as Kalgoorlie Project Noted in US-Japan Meeting
Ardea Resources' Kalgoorlie nickel project was highlighted in the recent US‑Japan summit on critical minerals, underscoring its strategic role in the Goongarrie Hub. The project, backed by Japanese partners Sumitomo Metal Mining and Mitsubishi Corporation, has secured up to $1 billion...
Honeymoon Period: Boss Boosts Uranium Resources
Boss Energy has refreshed its uranium resource estimates for the Gould’s Dam and Jason’s Deposit projects in South Australia, reporting a 30% increase to 33.1 million pounds of contained uranium at Gould’s Dam and a 9% rise to 12 million pounds at...
Apollo Delivers Golden Strike for Southern Cross
Southern Cross Gold announced its highest‑grade shallow intersection at the Apollo prospect, part of the 100% owned Sunday Creek gold‑antimony project in Victoria. Four drill holes returned consistent mineralisation, highlighted by a 17.3 m composite at 22.9 g/t gold equivalent, including 15.3 g/t...
Australian Innovation Aims to Reshape Global Copper Mining
Loop Hydrometallurgy, an Australian start‑up spun out of Macquarie University, unveiled the Halion Loop – a salt‑water leaching system that extracts copper directly at the mine site. The process claims up to 70% lower power consumption and an 80% reduction...
Quantum Battery Breakthrough Signals Future Critical Minerals Demand
Australian researchers led by CSIRO have demonstrated the world’s first proof‑of‑concept quantum battery, proving that a quantum system can charge, store and release energy. The laser‑charged organic microcavity prototype exhibits a counter‑intuitive effect: it charges faster as its size grows,...
Vulcan’s Lionheart Heads to Production
Vulcan Energy secured its first lithium production licence for the Lionheart project in Germany, clearing a critical regulatory hurdle and moving the $3.9 billion venture toward production. The licence, LiThermEx, covers the Insheim geothermal area and is valid for six years,...
Final Call for Innovators as GRX26 Challenge Deadline Looms
The Global Open Innovation Colab challenge, hosted by Austmine and AusIMM, is closing its submission window on March 26, one week before the deadline. The competition seeks breakthrough technologies—such as AI‑driven geological modelling, remote sensing, and low‑impact drilling—to accelerate discovery and...
Fuel Supply Pinch Hits Junior Miners: AMEC
The Association of Mining and Exploration Companies (AMEC) warns that domestic diesel distribution bottlenecks are hampering remote Australian mining projects, especially junior operators. While fuel imports remain steady, major wholesalers are rationing supplies to independent distributors, creating uncertainty for smaller...
Evolution Recognised Again in S&P Global Sustainability Rankings
Evolution Mining secured a score of 68 in S&P Global’s 2026 Corporate Sustainability Assessment, marking its second consecutive appearance among the high‑ranking mining firms. The CSA evaluated over 9,200 companies, with only 848 earning yearbook membership, highlighting the assessment’s rigor....
BHP Starts Work on Major Port Hedland Car Dumper Project
BHP has broken ground on a sixth car dumper at its Nelson Point terminal, part of the $1.4 billion Port Debottlenecking Project 2. The new CD6 unit will tip two 135‑tonne rail cars at once, delivering up to 16,000 tonnes of iron ore...
CSIRO Farm Trials Point to Low-Frequency Mining Connectivity Potential
CSIRO’s Data61 team is testing sub‑1 GHz low‑frequency signals as a rugged, long‑range communications layer for remote industries. Farm trials with Sharp demonstrated live video and AI‑driven livestock monitoring using a 240 MHz signal at just 0.01 mW. The research shows the spectrum...
Fuel Security, Critical Minerals on Agenda for Resources Minister’s Japan Visit
Australian Resources Minister Madeleine King is traveling to Japan for the Indo‑Pacific Energy Security Ministerial, co‑hosted by Japan and the United States. The agenda centers on fuel security for remote mining operations and strengthening critical‑minerals supply chains. King will meet...
Kingfisher and Broken Hill Mines Ink Copper Partnership
Kingfisher Mining Limited and Broken Hill Mines Limited have signed a 10‑year cooperation agreement to process Kingfisher’s Copper Blow IOCG and Allendale projects at BHM’s 750,000‑tonne‑per‑year Rasp Mine plant. The deal removes the need for Kingfisher to build its own processing...
Adelaide-Developed Crusher Targets Cheaper, Cleaner Mineral Processing
University of Adelaide researchers have created a low‑emission crusher, GRolls, that replaces traditional grinding in copper‑gold ore processing. Early trials show the system can reduce particle size to below 425 µm in a single pass while cutting energy use by roughly...
Exploration Round-Up: Odyssey Confirms Tuckanarra Gold
Odyssey Gold announced high‑grade, shallow oxide mineralisation at its Tuckanarra project, highlighted by a 22.3‑metre interval grading 7.4 g/t gold. Alliance Nickel is evaluating vat leaching for its NiWest nickel‑cobalt development, a move that could slash the $310 million water‑infrastructure cost embedded...
Metso and Loesche Unveil VRM Dry Grinding Solution
Metso and Loesche have formed an exclusive partnership to launch a vertical roller mill (VRM) dry‑grinding solution for mineral processing. The system promises substantial energy savings, lower operating costs and simplified process flows by replacing HPGRs, horizontal mills and stirred‑mill...
Dreadnought Begins RC Drilling at Illaara Gold Project
Dreadnought Resources has launched a reverse‑circulation (RC) drilling program at the Metzke’s Find prospect within its wholly‑owned Illaara gold project in Western Australia. The campaign will drill about 60 holes covering roughly 4,900 metres to extend the current 14,900‑ounce, 6.8 g/t resource...
Forrestania Boosts WA Gold Portfolio
Forrestania Resources signed a binding agreement to purchase the Karonie gold project from Goldtribe Resources, a subsidiary of Alchemy Resources, in Western Australia. The $5 million deal adds 16 exploration licences covering about 942 km² and an inferred resource of 111,100 ounces...
Pantoro Sets Timeline for Third Underground Mine at Norseman
Pantoro Gold will begin development of its third underground mine at the Norseman project later this year, following the dewatering and rehabilitation of the Bullen decline. High‑grade intercepts, including a 2.4‑metre, 43.19 g/t gold shoot, were reported at Crown South and O’Brien’s...
Coal Price Rally Fuels FIFO Boom
Rising coal prices have reignited Australia’s fly‑in, fly‑out (FIFO) market, with spot rates climbing from US $172 to US $220 per tonne since July 2025. Civeo Corporation reported an 18 percent profit surge, posting US $51.9 million in Australian earnings after delivering 2.78 million accommodation nights...