Mar 26, 2019

Refinery proponents hold Townsville briefing

Townsville refinery proponents Pure Minerals and Queensland Pacific Metals are planning a local information evening on April 3. Pure Minerals says it plans to invest $US300 million ($420 million) into the local economy by building the battery chemicals plant, bringing hundreds of job opportunities. Limited places are available for a presentation by directors at Mercure Townsville in Woolcock St. (Details HERE) Pure Minerals is acquiring Queensland Pacific Metals, which has laid the groundwork to import high-grade nickel-cobalt ore from New C...

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Mar 26, 2019

Green light for motorsport precinct near Townsville

Townsville City Council has approved a development application for a motorsport and driver education facility in Calcium. The $23 million development will have a range of options including a racing track, drag racing, rally racing, speedway and a burnout pad. Townsville Mayor Jenny Hill said the development, proposed by DriveIT NQ, would be a massive asset for the city. “The region re...

Mar 26, 2019

Wolff’s mighty push into emerging technology

Semi-autonomous dozers present an avenue for one of the next great step changes in mining production, according to Wolff Mining’s Andrew Miller. “My vision is a level of productivity that the world has never seen before – with a dragline or truck/shovel operation combined with at least half a dozen semi-autonomous dozers,” Mr Miller said. These machines would be able to safely w...

Mar 25, 2019

Fine for Abbot Point floodwater breach

The Queensland Department of Environment and Science has fined Abbot Point Bulkcoal $13,055 for an unauthorised stormwater release at its terminal near Bowen in February. DES issued Abbot Point Bulkcoal with a penalty infringement notice, saying the release of water had not met the environmental standards prescribed in the company’s environmental authority to operate the port. The t...

Mar 25, 2019

Back to business at McArthur River Mine

Operations are returning to normal today at Glencore’s McArthur River Mine and Bing Bong loading facility in the Northern Territory following Cyclone Trevor. A company spokesman said zinc processing resumed yesterday and mining operations were gearing up as personnel returned to site. “At Bing Bong, our staff and the crew of the MV Aburri returned to work yesterday afternoon,&...

Mar 25, 2019

Reading the leaves points explorers to gold

Reading the tea leaves has a long tradition in fortune-telling. But mineral explorers are also reading the leaves as a way of locating new fortunes. In South Australia, Marmota has announced multiple new gold targets at its Aurora Tank project after a biogeochem (tree sampling) program late last year. In an announcement to the ASX, the company said recent drilling yielded high-grade gold...

Mar 25, 2019

Queensland chasing more Land 400 work

The Queensland Government is backing Rheinmetall’s bid for the estimated $15 billion LAND 400 Phase 3 project, after the Phase 2 work was secured for the state last year. LAND 400 Phase 3 will see the delivery of 383 infantry fighting vehicles and 17 manoeuvre support vehicles for the Australian Army. The Department of Defence plans to shortlist tenderers in the next six months Premie...

Mar 24, 2019

QRC lobbies to channel coal windfall to Qld communities

The Queensland Resources Council is pushing a $1 billion ‘Maroon Fund’ to sink a Federal Budget coal windfall into Queensland projects. QRC chief executive Ian Macfarlane. QRC chief executive Ian Macfarlane said based on Federal Treasury’s calculations, the higher than projected metallurgical coal price would provide an extra $1.2 billion in company tax for the balance of thi...

Mar 24, 2019

Mount Isa line repair work well on track

Repair work on the Mount Isa rail line in the wake of last month’s extensive flooding is continuing, with work now complete on the section between Oorindi and Tibarri. Queensland Rail chief executive officer Nick Easy said more than 400 employees and contractors were working on the remaining damaged section of track from Tibarri to Richmond, including building a rail deviation around the...