XSTRATA Technology has taken out a barrage of awards at the 2008 Premier of Queensland’s Export Awards, held on 16 October 2008 in Brisbane.
29/10/2008
WORKERS at Xstrata’s Kidd metallurgical operations in the U.S look set to strike over wage increases and contracts as a three-year contract expires.
02/10/2008
SEDGMAN has landed an operations contract at Xstrata’s new Handlebar Hill base metals mine in Mount Isa.
01/09/2008
XSTRATA is threatening to close the McArthur River zinc mine in the Northern Territory if the state government doesn’t make a decision on the mine’s future by 26 January 2009.
19/01/2009
XSTRATA has signed a contract with Sterlite Industries (India) for its ISASMELT top submerged lance (TSL) smelting technology.
19/08/2009
AUSTRALIA'S Environment Minister Peter Garrett has approved Xstrata’s mine expansion plans on the proviso the company follows new stringent environmental conditions and actively engages local stakeholders.
23/02/2009
PIONEER Nickel is finalising amendments to a joint venture agreement with Xstrata for exploration projects in Western Australia.
07/11/2008
XSTRATA has decided to postpone planned production at its Sinclair open pit and processing plant in Western Australia which it has spent $150 million developing.
14/04/2009
XSTRATA Technology has announced that its ISASMELT top submerged lance (TSL) smelting technology has been chosen for its fifth smelter project in China.
30/06/2009
XSTRATA’S warning to the government of mass job cuts if the emissions trading scheme (ETS) was to take affect has prompted parliamentary debate.
18/03/2009
A DRAFT decision approving the McArthur River Mine expansion is “too little too late”, according to Xstrata Zinc Australia chief operating officer, Brian Hearne.
23/01/2009
AMERICAN professor Russell Flegal claims the emissions from mine and smelting operations in Mt Isa is the cause of the population’s lead poisoning.
09/03/2009
HEAVY rain has affected a number of mining operations and forced the closure of key freight services in north-west Queensland.
06/01/2009
A CONSORTIUM comprising GE Energy, Stanwell Corporation and Xstrata Coal has announced that it plans to open a 400 megawatt power plant incorporating carbon capture and storage in the Surat Basin.
30/07/2009
ROX Resources is set to acquire a 100% interest in Rio Tinto’s Reward zinc and lead project in the Northern Territory.
29/09/2008
MINERAL miners will receive hundreds of millions of dollars worth of compensation in the first year of emissions trading, according to a new analysis.
21/10/2008
RIO Tinto has announced it will put a $229m copper and gold development in NSW on hold as copper prices continue to plummet.
14/01/2009
OUTOTEC has won several service contracts for industrial and maintenance services in Chile and Canada.
25/03/2009
T.W. WOODS Group has invested several million dollars to upgrade its fabrication and processing facilities in Tomago, Hunter Valley.
27/02/2009
INTENSIVE processing operations could be a thing of the past with the introduction of a new custom crushing and blending plant in Sudbury, U.K.
15/12/2008