PROTO Resources has announced it is now ready to commence its expanded clean technology test programme which has the capability to revolutionise the treatment of nickel laterite.
31/03/2009
CSIRO researchers, working through the Parker CRC for Integrated Hydrometallurgy Solutions, are helping high-pressure acid leaching (HPAL) operations to increase production from low-grade nickel laterite ores by modifying the slurries processed so they flow more freely through their plant.
29/05/2009
The Parker Centre has recognised the collaborative research efforts of the Centre’s "Impacts of Mineralogy on Hydrometallurgy" project team and the PhD research of former student Dr Geoffrey Carter.
23/11/2009
MINARA Resources chief executive Peter Johnston says any nickel miner who believes they can develop a nickel laterite processing plant for less than $4 billion is kidding themselves.
08/09/2009
GRD MINPROC has landed an engineering contract for the $5.2bn Sino iron ore project in Western Australia.
07/10/2008
IRON ore explorer Golden West Resources has announced substantial mine developments in Western Australia, following a near 40% increase in mineral resources at its Wiluna West project
11/08/2008
IRON Ore 2009 is an international conference that is suitable for persons involved in the minerals processing industry.
31/03/2009
FORTESCUE Metals has failed to meet its 30 September 2009 deadline for a $6bn funding deal with Chinese banks.
12/10/2009
OUTOTEC will build an iron ore pelletizing plant for an Indian steel maker as part of a $121m agreement.
13/08/2008
SINOSTEEL is set to increase its Australian presence after wrapping up acquisition of a Western Australian iron ore miner.
17/09/2008
Australian explorer IMX Resources has entered agreements handing over magnetite iron ore and copper to a Chinese steel company.
11/08/2008
ATLAS Iron has identified four new iron ore discoveries at its Abydos project in Western Australia’s Pilbara region.
08/01/2009
FORTESCUE Metals is studying plans for a second iron ore port in Western Australia’s Pilbara region.
14/10/2008
RIO TINTO is being approached by Indian steel mills seeking long-term iron ore contracts.
09/09/2008
RIO Tinto has announced it will postpone a $2.15bn iron ore expansion project in Brazil because of the global financial crisis.
13/01/2009
AN industry meeting in Perth has questioned the future of Australia’s iron ore industry in the wake of a weakening economy.
25/09/2008
ATLAS Iron has signed contracts with a Chinese steel mill for the first shipment of iron ore from its Pardoo project in the Pilbara.
05/11/2008
THE minerals sector should brace itself for years of iron ore oversupply, according to a global commodities analyst.
03/12/2008
TWO remote farming communities in Western Australia may be set to share in the iron ore mining boom.
03/10/2008
GRD Minproc has landed an engineering contract for the largest magnetite project in Western Australia.
18/11/2008