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Have you been a fly on the wall? Do you know some gossip you would like to get of your chest? Drop us an email and our contact will be treated confidentially.
| Caterpillar halts development its underground jumbo - Wednesday, February 20, 2008Sources have advised the Caterpillar will pack it's latest twin boom jumbo into containers for later development.
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| CAT builds a twin boom Jumbo - Wednesday, November 28, 2007Several sources have indicated that CAT/ Elphinstone have built a twin boom Jumbo currently undergoing testing in various minesites throughout Australia.
Any specs or photos would be welcomed.
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| Sandvik builds a three boom Jumbo - Wednesday, November 28, 2007Sandvik have released a three boom Jumbo drill rig. Sandvik claims it is the fastest drill in the world, yet we are to see any further info on this machine to substatiate these claims?
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Mining & Industry News
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CityView fundraising boosts stock
Oil company CityView Corporation has announced plans to raise up to $6.2 million through a rights issue to fund work on the company’s West African operations.
The company will issue up to 498 millio
Paladin up after resource upgrade
The life of Paladin Energy’s Kayelekera uranium project, in Malawi, has been increased by 20 per cent after studies upped the firm’s estimated mineral resource by 27 per cent.
The resource upgrade fo
Grange gets FIRB approval for ABM merger
The Foreign Investment Review Board has approved the planned merger between Grange Resources and Australian Bulk Minerals, Grange told investors today.
The board’s approval extended to associate
Territory plunges ahead of AGM
Shares in Territory Resources fell a further 20 per cent today, ahead of its annual general meeting, after the firm said yesterday it was in need of cash, long-term customers and an improvement in iro
Central Asia gets boost from falling dollar
Central Asia Resources says a falling Australian dollar has boosted the value of its Kazakhstan gold, silver and copper project.
Central Asia today confirmed the original terms of a deal in early Oct
FMG shares stage stunning turnaround
Shares in Fortescue Metals Group staged a stunning turnaround today after the iron ore miner announced an increase in exports yesterday and received a broker upgrade.
FMG soared 40 cents, or 39.53
Stirling to raise $960k through placement
Animal medical products company Stirling Products has announced plans to raise $960,000 through a placement to help fund its search for technical and commercial partners of its technology platform.
T
Murchison close to finalising Oakajee port deal
Murchison Metals says it is close to finalising an agreement with the WA government for the iron ore miner’s development of a new deepwater port at Oakajee, north of Geraldton.
The long-awaited Oakaj
Cooper takes $19m hit over JV withdrawal
Cooper Energy will write off $19.8 million after a subsidiary withdrew from its Indonesian gas production sharing contract after studies found no viable prospects on the project.
The company had loan
National Hires says Coates integration going well
Equipment hire firm National Hire Group expects to achieve $30 million in synergies with Coates Hire and says the integration process is progressing well.
National Hire has combined its rental servic
Albidon shares suspended for capital raising
Nickel and uranium company Albidon is in a trading halt, pending the announcement of a planned capital raising transaction.
The firm went into a trading halt on Wednesday, saying it planned to review
IiNet faces action over piracy
WA internet service provider iiNet is being taken to the Federal Court by some of the biggest names in the film industry for allegedly allowing its users to download pirated movies and television show
Twiggy moves to reassure worried shareholders
Fortescue Metals Group chief Andrew Forrest has moved to reassure shareholders about the WA iron ore miner’s prospects at its annual meeting in Perth.
About 200 people descended on the Hyatt Regency
MacMahon continues work on NT road project
Macmahon Holdings will continue its work on an $89 million contract for road works on Darwin arterial road Tiger Brennan Drive, aiming to have the project completed by 2010.
While a spokesman for the
FMG delivers $360m third quarter profit
Fortescue Metals Group says it will increase sales to a Chinese mill after contract negotiations and has delivered a trading profit of $360 million for the third quarter.
The Andrew Forrest-led group
TFS tips profits to rise 15 per cent
Sandalwood plantation manager TFS Corporation expects to record a 15 per cent, or $4.1 million, increase in its net profits for the 2008-2009 financial year, company chairman Frank Wilson announced to
Film companies to fight iiNet over piracy allegation
Some of the biggest names in the film industry are taking legal action against Perth internet service provider iiNet to stop the alleged piracy of films such as Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoen
Straits reviews viability of copper mines
Straits Resources is reviewing the viability of its Tritton copper mine in New South Wales and Whim Creek copper mine in WA after a sharp plunge in the metal’s price.
Straits on Thursday confirmed to
Gindalbie sees upside in AnSteel partnership
Gindalbie Metals says its growing war chest is the upside to the dilutive impact of a large share placement to Chinese steel making giant AnSteel.
Gindalbie's $200 million in cash reserves will grow
Kalahari extracts itself from merger
Perth-based and London-listed company Kalahari Minerals has terminated a $210 merger deal with WA uranium firm Extract Resources after failing to reach an agreement with Rio Tinto, the firm announce
Chrome to raise $1m in placement
Chromite miner Chrome Corporation will raise $1 million through a placement as it awaits settlement of the sale of its stake in the Ruighoek Chrome project, scheduled for November 30.
The company sig
Forrest faces torrid time at Fortescue meeting over share slump
Fortescue Metals Group shareholders’ five-year honeymoon has come to a screeching halt. Today, the band of usually well-satisfied and cheery investors, who since 2003 have basked in the glory of ow
Essa shares drop 30pc ahead of forecast fall
Shares in mineral sampling equipment manufacturer Essa Australia closed down 30 per cent today after the company forecast a 50 per cent fall in its half-year profits ahead of its annual general meetin
WA car sales up in October but trend still lower
New vehicle sales were up 114 or 1.2 per cent in WA in October despite car sales across the nation falling for the fourth consecutive month, according to data released today by the Australian Bureau o
Moore's wife sells BHP, Woodside shares
Mines and Petroleum Minister Norman Moore today announced his wife had sold her shares in BHP Billiton and Woodside, which had been at the centre of a political storm for the past two weeks.
Mr Moore
AusQuest agrees to sell-off 30 per cent stake
Shareholders in junior explorer AusQuest have approved the sale of a 30 per cent stake in the firm to US mining giant Cliffs Natural Resources - formerly Cleveland-Cliffs.
Under the deal, arranged in
Albidon shares suspended for financial review
Shares in nickel and uranium company Albidon have been placed in a trading halt as the firm reviews its financial position.
The announcement comes three weeks after the firm deferred the lion’s share
Central Petroleum up on NT coal discovery
Shares in Central Petroleum are higher this morning after the company announced the discovery of coal intersections at a Northern Territory exploration permit.
The company said, in a letter to the No
Bauxite Resources up on Chinese exploration deal
Shares in Perth-based Bauxite Resources have risen eight per cent after the company signed a deal with Chinese company Shandong Provincial Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources for exploration of it
Mt Gibson defends bailout
Mount Gibson Iron managing director Luke Tonkin yesterday defended the company’s controversial rescue by Chinese investors while taking a thinly veiled swipe at its bigger rivals, who last month dista
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