Jindal United Steel, which is part of Jindal Stainless, has awarded Primetals Technologies a contract to upgrade its hot-strip mill, which produces both plates and coils, at the Jajpur facility in Odisha, India. Scheduled for completion by December 2026, the project is intended to enhance both production capacity and product quality for plate manufacturing. As […]
Element 25 (ASX:E25) has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Nissan Chemical Corporation with NC Tokyo Bay Corporation to develop a battery-grade high-purity manganese sulphate monohydrate (HPMSM) facility in Japan. Following completing a Scoping Study to examine the potential for Element 25 to construct the facility at the Tokyo Bay site, the companies […]
Minority government, the argument goes, leads to instability and weak leadership where recent history in this regard tends to coalesce around the Julia Gillard-led government from 2010 to 2013. Prior to Gillard’s ascension to the Prime Ministership, she had been deputy to Kevin Rudd, a media savvy former diplomat who led the Australian Labor Party […]
Canadian lithium explorer Q2 Metals (TSX-V:QTWO) is generating interest from Asian investors ahead of the Ignite Investment Summit in Hong Kong next week. Chris Ackerman, corporate development, says the very preliminary response from investors in China and Hong Kong, and some key Asian countries generally, has been very favourable. “We have the majority of our […]
The Hong Kong investment market appears to be opening up again for Australian and Canadian resources players. Peak Asset Management Executive Director Niv Dagan tells Mining.com.au there are a lot more inflows from Hong Kong funds and institutions through to the ASX. After a six-year hiatus, the firm is heading back to Hong Kong for […]
BPH Global (ASX:BP8) has received assay results that support the company’s view that seaweed has potential to act like a sponge for precious and base metals in seawater. The company is conducting an ongoing research and development program with Temasek Innovation Holdings and Singapore-based R&D consultant Gaia Mariculture. Phase one focused on cultivating sesuvium portucalastrum […]
Macmahon Holdings (ASX:MAH) has been selected by PT Bumi Resources Minerals’ (IDX:BRMS) subsidiary PT Citra Palu Minerals, as the underground mining services contractor at the Poboya Gold Project in Indonesia. Under the interim scope of works, Macmahon will provide all underground mining development and ore mining activities including drilling, loading, hauling, equipment maintenance and mine […]
RTG Mining’s (ASX:RTG) associate company in the Philippines Mt Labo Exploration & Development Corporation has entered into a strategic partnership with Glencore (LSE:GLEN) for offtake and finance for the development of stage one of the Mabilo Project in the Philippines. Both companies have entered into a binding term sheet for a financing facility and offtake, […]
A Brisbane-based mining technology company, Proprietary Mining Solutions (PMS), has developed a breakthrough cable bolt anchor that makes primary ground support in underground tunnelling easier, faster, and safer. A patented anchor system speeds up development by allowing mine operators to immediately tension ground support cables instead of waiting for grout to set, noting this process has remained largely unchanged in over four decades. The […]
Estrella Resources (ASX:ESR) has extended the Soru prospect within the Lautém Project in Timor-Leste, after mapping surface alluvial manganese over a wide area. The alluvial manganese deposits are derived from the erosion of secondary manganese forming in nearby hills — covering a 1.5km by 0.7km area. Managing Director Chris Daws says this discovery is considered […]