Loan to accelerate TECH plant studies
TECH battery materials plant proponent Queensland Pacific Metals has secured a $1 million loan to advance technical work and start its definitive feasibility study. The
TECH battery materials plant proponent Queensland Pacific Metals has secured a $1 million loan to advance technical work and start its definitive feasibility study. The
Alpha HPA has received a key development permit to progress its planned $308 million high-purity alumina industrial plant in Gladstone. The company announced that the Queensland Government
The team at Glencore’s Ernest Henry Mining has reconfigured the regrind milling circuit by installing a new Vertimill cyclone pack to replace an ageing cyclone
A Lithium Australia subsidiary has been granted a European patent to produce specialist metal oxides for new battery-fuel technologies. VSPC’s advanced cathode powders are manufactured
Four engineering students are getting hands-on experience at Gladstone’s Yarwun alumina refinery during their Christmas-New Year break. They include Chien-Yi Wang and Kai Yee Soo
Pure Minerals has announced a deal to supply battery maker Samsung SDI with nickel products from its Townsville plant. Samsung SDI is seeking to purchase
A planned $550 million-plus Townsville battery materials plant is a step closer with Queensland Pacific Metals formally securing the project site. The company, a subsidiary
Contractor Walz Group has completed work on a $3.5 million coal silo refurbishment project at Queensland Alumina Limited, Gladstone. Almost 160 tonnes of scaffolding was
BHP is working with an Australian research consortium to examine deployment of cutting-edge preconcentration techniques. Olympic Dam in South Australia is one of the locations
Citigold says it has selected a site for a new small footprint processing plant to help to remove the bulk of the granite dilution from
Pure Minerals is looking at scaling up its planned Townsville battery materials plant after scoring a major deal with South Korean chemical company LG Chem.
A newly formed consortium of University of Queensland researchers and industry partners is targeting improved energy efficiency for mineral processing operations. The Collaborative Consortium for
Queensland’s traditional and emerging resource areas are in pole position to benefit from the Federal Government’s $1.5 billion modern manufacturing initiative, a peak body says. Queensland
Port of Townsville has reported a 6.5 per cent increase in freight passing over its wharves last financial year, with exports of mineral concentrates and
Aeon Metals has stretched out the timing for its Walford Creek pre-feasibility study to allow further work focused on cobalt extraction. The company said metallurgical
Rio Tinto’s two Gladstone alumina refineries have $75 million of planned maintenance shutdown work underway, in a boost for the local economy. The 2020 shutdowns
Mount Isa Mayor Danielle Slade has welcomed news the city’s copper smelter will remain open for the next few years, following an agreement between the
Glencore will continue to run its copper smelter in Mount Isa and refinery in Townsville beyond 2022 after reaching an agreement with the State Government.