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Alien Metals remain focused on delivering long-term value

Mining in Australia is famous worldwide due to its fascinating history, power in the export market, and as a trendsetter in 'future-proofing' the sector.

Dozens of workers remain in isolation at a BHP mine site in Western Australias Pilbara region after two contractors tested positive to COVID-19.

Buried in last week’s budget was money for rehabilitating the Rum Jungle uranium mine near Darwin. The exact sum was not disclosed. Rum Jungle used to be a household name. It was Australia’s first large-scale uranium mine and supplied the US and British nuclear weapons programs during the Cold War. Today, the mine is better known for extensively polluting the Finniss River after it closed in 1971. Despite a major rehabilitation project by the Commonwealth in the 1980s, the damage to the l...

The Mineral Resources Ltd (ASX: MIN) share price is on the slide today after the company released its quarterly activities report.

PDAC: Think big, exploration opportunity is huge, says BHP’s Laura Tyler BHPs chief technical officer Laura Tyler. Credit: BHP. “From where I sit, the opportunity in front of us is huge,” BHP’s (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP; ASX: BHP) chief technical officer Laura Tyler told the PDAC’s virtual convention. “I see great prosperity as we collaborate to discover the commodities of the future … faster, more efficiently, and more sustainably than ever before.” Speaking from Adelaide in Austra...

WA Government to review BHPs environmental licences in dusty Pilbara town of Newman TueTuesday 12 updated TueTuesday 12 Residents in the East Pilbara region say red dust is regularly seen in the air. ( Print text only Cancel The WA Government will review the environmental licences of two BHP mines in the Pilbara amid concerns around rising dust levels. Key points: DWER says the review has been triggered by an increase in dust levels A report into dust in Newman finds no asbestos fibres in samp...