Tag: BHP
Gawler Craton exploration heats up as juniors step-up efforts to uncover new major deposits in South Australia
Back in 2001, Minotaur Resources — now Minotaur Exploration (ASX: MEP) — put the Gawler Craton back on the mining investor’s map when it discovered the huge Prominent Hill copper-gold deposit south-ea...
World’s largest wealth fund pulls US$1.6bn from coal companies, puts BHP on notice
Norway’s huge sovereign wealth fund which made its money largely from oil (a fossil fuel) has dumped its stakes in companies that use coal (another fossil fuel), blacklisting players across the globe ...
Argonaut Resources receives operational approval to drill Murdie near BHP’s Oak Dam copper discovery
Argonaut Resources (ASX: ARE) has received the green light to kick-off exploration at its Murdie project, near BHP Group’s (ASX: BHP) massive Oak Dam copper discovery in South Australia.
The South ...
Monadelphous-Lycopodium JV wins $400m Rio Tinto contract
Iron ore mining giant Rio Tinto (ASX: RIO) has awarded a major engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract worth $400 million to a Western Australian joint venture between Monadelphous (A...
BHP announces plans for driverless trucks at Goonyella Riverside coal operations in 2020
Australia’s largest coal producer BHP Group (ASX: BHP) has announced it will automate 300 jobs in Queensland’s Bowen Basin following the conversion of 86 Komatsu trucks to autonomous haulers next year...
BHP Group and Western Areas forecast big future for nickel as price continues climbing
Despite global economic headwinds and the ongoing trade war, nickel’s price has continued climbing in recent weeks with nickel producers BHP Group (ASX: BHP) and Western Areas (ASX: WSA) both forecast...
BHP hit with $7.2 billion claim for Brazil dam collapse
The world’s biggest miner, BHP (ASX: BHP), has been hit with the UK’s biggest damages claim of $7.2 billion for its part in the 2015 Fundao tailings dam failure in Brazil.
The failure of the dam ki...
Mincor Resources grows contained nickel at Cassini by 52%
Mincor Resources (ASX: MCR) has boosted resources at its high-grade Cassini nickel sulphide deposit in Kambalda, Western Australia, with the contained nickel content expanding more than 50%.
The up...
Mincor Resources secures nickel offtake agreement with BHP Nickel West as restart plans gain momentum
As it advances restart preparations Mincor Resources (ASX: MCR) has secured an offtake term sheet with BHP’s (ASX: BHP) subsidiary BHP Billiton Nickel West Pty Ltd, which will underpin a binding agree...
Copper price heads up on easing trade tensions and eroding inventories
As a trade resolution between China and the US finally becomes a possibility, eroding copper stockpiles have begun to bump the metal’s price back up.
Earlier this week, US President Donald Trump an...
Cohiba Minerals kicks-off accelerated exploration at Olympic Domain following BHP’s massive copper discovery
Cohiba Minerals (ASX: CHK) is taking advantage of the nearology phenomenon as it announces accelerated exploration at its Olympic Domain project, following major miner BHP’s (ASX: BHP) making a major ...
BHP pulls ahead of rival Rio Tinto with a major copper find near Olympic Dam
The copper race is on between long-time rivals BHP (ASX: BHP) and Rio Tinto (ASX: RIO), with BHP announcing it had pulled out of the ground what some experts call the thickest high-grade copper inters...
Positive progress for DGR Global’s mining investments as BHP takes a bite
Exploration investment house DGR Global (ASX: DGR) has this week reported significant business developments in four of its daughter companies which have minerals projects at various stages of emergenc...
BHP and Rio Tinto start to pull their weight
Australia’s share market is dominated by two ends of the same barbell.
On one end are the big four banks and on the other end are the big mining powerhouses of BHP (ASX: BHP) and Rio Tinto (ASX: R...
