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Aquirian and Topgroup to Establish Drillforce WA Partnership Following $2.3m Strategic Placement
Mining consultancy group Aquirian (ASX: AQN) has completed a $2.3 million strategic share placement with mine services solutions company Topgroup, and entered into an agreement to establish the Drillforce WA drilling and blasting joint venture. The venture will leverage the combined expertise, assets and technology of both companies — including Topgroup’s exploration drilling services subsidiary Topdrill — […]
Aquirian to pay $9.6m for purchase of mothballed ammonium nitrate emulsion plant
Specialist mining services provider Aquirian (ASX: AQN) will pay $9.6 million to acquire the Wubin ammonium nitrate emulsion plant in Western Australia from Hanwha Mining Services. The facility was built and commissioned in 2020 and is production-ready, with licensing to produce 110,000 tonnes per year of ammonium nitrate emulsion. It was put on care and […]
New ASX floats offer exposure to mineral discoveries through smart technology
Contrary to a common view that mining simply involves digging holes in the ground the industry has always been a technology leader and remains so even in today’s world of artificial intelligence, digital imaging and big data. One obvious example of how mining embraces the latest developments in science can be found in the automation […]
How to find winners in the mining services sector
At a time of bumper dividend payouts from the likes of Rio Tinto (ASX: RIO) and – presumably – BHP (ASX: BHP), most investors seeking a resources exposure would be happy to invest directly in the major producers. Of course, the history of resources is also about endless boom-and-bust cycles – and if history doesn’t […]
