CME welcomes Canning Basin Bill

The Western Australian Chamber of Minerals and Energy (CME) this week welcomed the state government’s introduction of the Natural Gas (Canning Basin Joint Venture (JV)) Agreement Bill. The Bill ratified the Canning Basin JV signed by the state...

Buru offloads portion of Fitzroy blocks

Oil and gas explorer Buru Energy has agreed to sell off an interest in two of its exploration permits in the Fitzroy blocks, in the Canning basin, to Mitsubishi Corporation and Rey Resources for A$21-million. Buru currently holds a 90% interest...

WA inks gas agreement with Buru, Mitsubishi

The Western Australian government has signed its first-ever onshore exploration state agreement to facilitate the development of a domestic gas project and pipeline with project partners Buru Energy and Mitsubishi Corporation. The agreement...

Antamina copper/zinc mine expansion, Peru

The project is 92% complete.

Stillwater submits EIS for Ontario PGMs project

New York- and Toronto-listed Stillwater Mining reported on Monday that the environmental impact statement (EIS) for its Marathon platinum-group metals (PGMs)/copper project has been submitted to the joint federal and provincial review panel. The...

Chevron signs equity, LNG supply deals with Tepco

US energy major Chevron has sold a further stake in its $29-billion Wheatstone liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, and signed another supply deal with Japan’s Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) and its partners. The deal was estimated to be...

Company Announcement:A New Partnership Between AREVA and Mitsubishi Corporation in Mining Exploration

AREVA and Mitsubishi Corporation, through their respective subsidiaries Afmeco Mining and Exploration Pty Ltd and Mitsubishi Development Pty Ltd,have decided to work together in a uranium exploration program in Austral

Areva and Mitsubishi join forces on uranium

French energy major Areva and Japan’s Mitsubishi Corporation will jointly explore for uranium in Australia. In a statement on Tuesday, Areva said that the exploration would be conducted over a number of years, across a significant landholding...

Company Announcement: Airborne EM Reveals Base Metal Targets

Minotaur Exploration Limited is pleased to report rapid progress on its new Arthurville project, 50 km southeast of Dubbo in central New South Wales

Anglo American sees M&A as ‘strategic priority’ – Parker

Diversified mining group Anglo American continued to examine merger and acquisition opportunities as a “strategic priority” in driving value in core commodities, said chairperson Sir John Parker. Last year, the group bought the Oppenheimer...

Cameco to pay C$150m for Areva's Millennium stake

Cameco, the biggest uranium producer in the world, has agreed to buy Areva’s 28% stake in the Millennium project in Saskatchewan for C$150-million, sparking speculation the French nuclear giant might put other Canadian assets up for sale. While...

Talisman Energy inks $280m PNG deal with Mitsubishi

Canadian oil and gas explorer Talisman Energy has signed a $280-million deal with Japan’s Mitsubishi Corporation, giving it access to nine of Talisman’s natural gas licences in Papua New Guinea (PNG). The two companies have agreed to work...