A potential 1.5mtpa zinc mine, processing, rail and export project has been given “prescribed project” status by the Queensland Government.
State development minister and minister for natural resources
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Rio delays rail automation, cuts iron ore guidance
Mining giant Rio Tinto is experiencing delays in its automated rail scheme in the Pilbara, and has cut into its iron ore export guidance as a result.
Part of Rio’s Mine of the Future program, AutoHaul
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Union, banks replaces Arrium administrator
South Australian treasurer Tom Koutsantonis has criticised the replacement of administrator Grant Thornton just six days after steelmaker Arrium went into administration, labelling the company’s banks
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Qube lands Brockman Super Quad deal
Brockman Mining plans to continue its efforts to move iron ore on Fortescue Metals Group’s Pilbara railway, despite agreeing with logistics firm Qube on a truck haulage deal.
The mining minnow recently
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Murray Goulburn to build $300m Victorian powder plant
Dairy processor Murray Goulburn will invest up to $300 million in a new powder plant in Koroit, West Victoria, after it secured Asia-region offtake agreements with a pair of nutrition companies.
Deals
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Bradken has fund support, as former boss works on Moly-Cop buy
Former Bradken chief executive Brian Hodges is said to be working with the US private equity firm looking to acquire Arrium’s Moly-Cop grinding media business.
Hodges left Bradken – an ASX-listed manufacturer
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Brambles eyes smart pallets with opening of Silicon Valley office
Keeping track of the location and condition of its 250 million pallets is a monumental challenge for Brambles. Its opening of a Silicon Valley office and hiring of a software expert to run it suggests
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Tough market, restructure costs hit Arrium for $236m
Iron and steel business Arrium posted a statutory net loss of almost a quarter of a billion dollars after tax in the first half of the 2015/16 financial year.
Arrium said lower iron ore prices drove an
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Rumoured figure for Arrium grinding business lower than expected
The offer being reportedly mulled by Australian mining and consumables business Arrium is not significant enough to solve the company’s debt woes.
The AFR’s StreetTalk column this week suggested
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Haver & Boecker Australia broadens product line
Haver & Boecker Australia, also trading as Haver Australia, is expanding its product range from a focus on the minerals processing market to more diversified processing, storing, mixing, packing, filling,
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