NewsPolitics & Regulation Hunter Valley coal mine extension approved to 2045 The NSW Independent Planning Commission (IPC) has approved major extension plans for the Hunter Valley Operations (HVO) coal mine, allowing mining to continue until 2045.
Exploration & DiscoveryNews Terrain Minerals gives green light to 86-hole drilling campaign Terrain Minerals (ASX: TMX) has approved an 86-hole, 10,905m reverse circulation drilling campaign at its Smokebush gold-silver project, set to be the company’s largest drilling program to date.
NewsProjects & Operations Bellevue “green gold” selected to regild St Paul’s Cathedral Gold from Bellevue Gold’s (ASX: BGL) namesake project in the Eastern Goldfields of WA will supply the St Paul’s Cathedral in London for its regilding project.
Exploration & DiscoveryNews Kalamazoo builds Mt Olympus resource case as $208m hurdle looms Kalamazoo Resources (ASX: KZR) has wrapped up a major resource definition drilling campaign at its Mt Olympus deposit in WA’s Pilbara, with the final assays delivering another batch of broad, high-grade gold hits ahead of an updated resource estimate later this year.
NewsProjects & Operations Liontown greenlights $389m Kathleen Valley expansion The Liontown (ASX: LTR) board of directors has given the go-ahead for the company to advance its $389m expansion project at the Kathleen Valley lithium operation in WA.
NewsProcurement & Suppliers Perenti secures more than $200m in contracts Perenti has been awarded contracts potentially valued at more than $200m across its drilling services businesses and underground mining business.
NewsTechnology & Innovation Rio Tinto and Shougang commission industrial-scale carbon capture facility Rio Tinto (ASX: RIO) and Shougang Group have successfully commissioned an industrial-scale carbon capture trial facility for blast furnace gas at Shougang’s operations in China.
NewsProjects & Operations Northern Star rejects $38.7b takeover bid Northern Star (ASX: NST) has rejected an unsolicited acquisition offer from South African gold miner Gold Fields to acquire the company for an implied equity value of $38.7b.
Exploration & DiscoveryNews Tivan advances maiden drilling program at Baucau Tivan (ASX: TVN) has secured a regulatory pathway in support of its maiden drill program at its Baucau copper-gold project in Timor-Leste.
NewsProjects & Operations AIC makes major copper move with Mt Cuthbert AIC Mines (ASX: A1M) has entered into binding agreements to acquire Materra Metals and its Mt Cuthbert copper project in Queensland for $120m, consisting of $100m in AIC Mines shares and $20m in cash.
Industry FocusNews BHP launches industry-first pilot for lower emissions copper BHP (ASX: BHP) and Amazon have established an industry-first copper pilot to buy and sell credits for lower greenhouse gas emissions associated with copper concentrate and cathodes produced at BHP’s Escondida operation.
