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 […]
The Association of Mining and Exploration Companies (AMEC) Chief Executive Warren Pearce says the continued drop in expenditure and drilling on greenfields deposits in Australia is concerning government reporting on the latest data around mining expenditure. Last week, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported the December quarterly mineral exploration expenditure statistics, showing mineral exploration […]
Privately held Northern Iron has dispatched its inaugural shipment of magnetite from the Warrego Rehabilitation Project bound for Asian markets. Just over 47,000 tonnes of magnetite concentrate was shipped from the project, which expected to operate for three years and is forecast to produce up to 1.2 million wet tonnes of magnetite concentrate annually. It […]
Emmerson Resources (ASX:ERM) has completed a reverse circulation drilling program at the White Devil Gold Project, as part of the broader Tennant Creek Project in the Northern Territory. A total of 31 holes for 3,050m of drilling were completed prior to the reverse circulation drill rig shutting down for the Christmas and New Year break. […]