The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has raised concerns about Aurizon’s $2.35 billion deal to acquire bulk rail haulage and general freight business One Rail Australia. nsspl.com.au/news/2439-accc…

News update ... The State will tip in $5.7 million to further expand Mackay’s Resources Centre of Excellence, with a focus on work in the blossoming new economy minerals sector. nsspl.com.au/news/2437-stat…

News update ...Glencore’s Mount Isa Mines is joining forces with Anthill copper mine owner Austral Resources Australia in a hunt for new ore bodies north of Mount Isa. nsspl.com.au/news/2428-mim-…

News update ... Plans to build a $30 million plant in Richmond to turn prickly acacia weed into a carbon-neutral alternative for coal have received a federal funding boost. nsspl.com.au/news/2434-boos…

News update ...Old hard hats from Gladstone Ports Corporation (GPC) are being reborn as items such as park benches and garden edging in a recycling scheme hoped to be taken up by more worksites. nsspl.com.au/news/2451-hats…

News update ... Cloncurry district miner Tombola Gold has entered an $8 million deal to add the Lorena gold plant to its assets, with plans to start processing its ore there by the end of 2022. nsspl.com.au/news/2450-tomb…

News update ... Glencore has completed a multi-million dollar rebrick project which saw the workforce at its Mount Isa Mines copper smelter surge by 350 people. nsspl.com.au/news/2447-moun…

News update ... Bowen River Utilities has lodged the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for its $2.9 billion Urannah project, forecast to generate 4,920 jobs over 30 years. nsspl.com.au/news/2448-mile…

News update ...Laneway Resources is restarting mining at Agate Creek in North Queensland, with its sights set on processing ore at its newly-acquired gold plant in Georgetown by the end of July. nsspl.com.au/news/2445-lane…

News update ... Toronto-based Consolidated Uranium has exercised its option to acquire the Ben Lomond and Georgetown uranium projects in North Queensland for more than $3 million. nsspl.com.au/news/2446-cons…

News update ...Maria James may be new to the chief executive officer post at MITEZ (Mount Isa to Townsville Economic Development Zone), but she is a familiar face for many key stakeholders in the resources industry and other sectors. nsspl.com.au/news/2449-seas…

Bowen Coking Coal has lined up about $190 million to fast-track the development of its Burton mining complex, where contractor BUMA has mobilised two 400t excavators to the new Broadmeadow East pit. nsspl.com.au/news/2460-fund…

Moranbah-based mining supervisor Nicole Shibasaki has been named Exceptional Indigenous Person in Queensland Resources at the Queensland Resources Council (QRC) Indigenous Awards gala in Brisbane. ow.ly/I0rL50JMfoN #mining #coal #indigenous #awards #queensland

Buoyed by rising prices, Bounty Oil & Gas is fast tracking plans for additional oil and gas development in the Surat Basin this year. ow.ly/FSLn50JMfkG #energy #development #export

Cannington mine owner South32 is set to pour millions of dollars into exploring the Jessica copper project and the Carrara copper-zinc project in the Northern Territory. ow.ly/GCLz50JMfmR #exploration #development #drilling #mining #basemetals #copper #nickel

Thiess has secured a mining services contract extension worth more than $700 million at BMA’s Peak Downs mine, south-east of Moranbah ... supporting production requirements over the next five years. ow.ly/P6Xr50JMfj0 #mining #contracting #processing

Global industrial minerals player Sibelco is throwing its weight behind Diatreme Resources’ Cape York silica sand projects, putting $35 million towards their development and becoming a key shareholder. ow.ly/82TE50JMfrH #silica #resources #jointventure #mining

The finalists of the 2022 Queensland Mining Awards have been named in a list that features a range of projects using technology, process improvements and engineered solutions to address industry challenges. ow.ly/CziU50JMfw8

EQ Resources has completed an early works program that sets the scene for 1Mtpa operation at the Mount Carbine tungsten mine in Far North Queensland. ow.ly/m7e650JMfuH #tungsten #mining #processing #criticalminerals #tungsten

Ernest Henry is on track to deliver more than $400 million of mine cash flow for new owners Evolution Mining this financial year. ow.ly/8mI850JMftz #mining #gold #basemetals #copper