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Rio Tinto in talks for Grasberg mine sale
Rio Tinto has confirmed it is in talks about the potential purchase of its stake in the Indonesian Grasberg mine for $3.5 billion.
Ausdrill X-rays to slash ore analysis times
A laboratory firm backed by Ron Sayers’ Ausdrill is to introduce X-ray technology developed by the CSIRO to the mineral analysis market, which it says will slash the time required to analyse drilling samples.
DGO Gold’s De Grey stake at a premium
Ed Eshuys’ DGO Gold will pay a premium to take up to a 10 per cent stake in fellow Pilbara conglomerate gold play De Grey Mining.
Cliffs costly early exit from Koolyanobbing
US iron ore miner Cliffs expects to pay up to $90 million to break long-term contracts with its suppliers as the Koolyanobbing iron ore complex near Southern Cross heads towards closure.
Ben Wyatt sides with Sheffield
Aboriginal Affairs Minister Ben Wyatt has thrown his weight behind plans for a mineral sands mine in the Kimberley despite a dispute between the proponent and traditional owners.
St George hits more nickel mineralisation
Aspiring nickel producer St George has confirmed further drilling intersections of nickel-copper sulphides across its three prospects at the Mt Alexander project about100km west of Leonora in the northern Goldfields.
industry insight
Tracking the trends into 2018 and beyond
The future is full of change for the mining sector, according to Deloitte’s Tracking the Trends
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A fleeting opportunity
Western Australian Chief Scientist Professor Peter Klinken believes the time is now for battery metals.
