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MGX Resources has completed the acquisition from Northern Star Resources of a 50 per cent interest in one of Australia’s highest-grade undeveloped gold projects. The Central Tanami project in the Northern Territory hosts a mineral resource of 13.8 million tonnes at 3.6 grams per ton of gold for 1.6 million ounces of contained gold and includes more than 2100 square kilometres of tenements. Under the sale terms, Northern Star’s joint venture interest and adjacent wholly-owned exploration land holdings are to be transferred to MGX upon satisf...
Consultation is now open for Hobart’s Northern Access Road in Tasmania. The planned road is expected to act as a key infrastructure corridor which will support future transport connectivity to the Macquarie Point Development Precinct once constructed. Draft concept designs propose the new road extending from the Tasman Highway/McVilly Driver interchange and curving around the north-eastern edge of the city’s Cenotaph. The new northern entry into the Port of Hobart will also ease the pressure on the surrounding road network. Related stori...
BHP’s Western Australian Iron Ore (WAIO) operations are set to move more product and generate millions more in revenue thanks to an innovative engineering upgrade to its haul truck fleet. Newly designed hoist cylinders installed under WAIO’s truck trays allow the trucks to tip higher, enabling them to unload more efficiently. The upgrade is expected to increase iron ore movement by around 127,000 tonnes a month, or roughly 1.52 million tonnes a year, unlocking tens of millions of dollars in additional revenue. Previously, some trucks could...
Australia’s minerals exploration sector continues working hard, with funding announcements, key appointments and divestments featuring over the past week in the sector. Iltani delivers maiden Orient East resource and secures strategic funding Iltani Resources Limited has reported a strong December 2025 quarter, highlighted by the delivery of a maiden JORC mineral resource estimate (MRE) at the Orient East Silver-Indium deposit and a major strategic investment to support project development. The new Orient East MRE stands at 19.8 million tonn...
Saudi Arabia and the Republic of Türkiye have entered into an intergovernmental agreement covering renewable energy projects. The agreement was executed by the Ministry of Energy of Saudi Arabia and the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources of Türkiye. It focuses on expanding bilateral cooperation in renewable energy and green technologies, while supporting the development of projects aligned with both countries’ energy transition priorities and strategies. The agreement provides for the development of solar projects in Türkiye with a total...
There was a ghost in the room at a major event in Doha this week on liquefied natural gas – and the ghost was the European Union. EU diplomats may have said they want the 27-member bloc to strengthen energy security by building ties with the Gulf Cooperation Council, but no officials at the conference spoke to address concerns among the hosts, Qatar, US oil executives and global commodity traders over the burden of laws coming out of Brussels. At least three directives – the corporate sustainability due diligence directive (CSDDD), the methan...
Southern Water has met its commitments from Ofwat’s original 2019 investigation, including completing over 1,000 actions across 293 wastewater treatment works. Ofwat says the company must now go further and has committed to additional undertakings to develop and deliver a plan that will secure its compliance with wider wastewater obligations. Actions the company was required to take following the regulator’s 2019 investigation included: The actions saw £126 millions paid in redress and penalties by the company, alongside improvements to...
On 2 February, US President Donald Trump announced the creation of Project Vault, a first-of-its-kind strategic stockpile of critical minerals, including copper, intended to reduce US reliance on foreign supply chains and shield domestic manufacturers from supply disruptions. Project Vault is expected to be funded with approximately US$12 billion, which includes a US$10 billion loan from the US Export-Import Bank (EXIM) and up to US$2 billion of private-sector investment, and is designed to function in a manner similar to the US Strategic Petro...
The Federal and Victorian governments have come together to deliver a series of upgrades to Australia’s largest dairy production area, with some projects complete and others underway on the Dairy Supply Chain Road. Road works will be completed on a total of six kilometres of roads along Cobden-Stonyford road, Bullaharre, and Princes Highway West at Pirron Yallock. These upgrades include improved road surfaces, new safety barriers, and enhanced signage and line markings. Together, the improvements will support local agricultural activities an...
A piece of Queensland’s rail history has been given a new lease on life, with one of the state’s earliest surviving signalling structures moved to a new home. A 130-year-old signal cabin, which was built near Ipswich station, has been craned to the Queensland Museum Rail Workshops in North Ipswich. The three-storey signal cabin was once the nerve centre of its section of the rail network, where early signal operators used the equipment to safely guide trains by setting routes and ensuring clear tracks. Built in 1895, it symbolised the e...
Posted: 5 February 2026 | Gabriel Higgins | No comments yet New UK guidance aims to standardise flight emissions data at booking, helping passengers compare environmental impacts and make more informed travel choices. Consumers in the UK are set to gain clearer and more consistent information about the environmental impact of their flights following the publication of new guidance by the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). The regulator has released a framework outlining how airlines and other flight booking organisations should present emiss...
in International Shipping News 05/02/2026 Group net profit amounted to USD 120 million in 2025, driven by both the dry cargo and tanker units. USD 50 million came from combined operating earnings across the Group and USD 70 million represented gains from sale of vessels. The value creation based on the return on invested capital (ROIC) has averaged 25% over the past five years and 8.9% in the last twelve months. Throughout 2025, our ability to shift between asset-heavy and asset-light exposure has enabled NORDEN to capture value in dynamic...
Humanoid robots have firmly entered mainstream conversation. CES 2026 made that unmistakable. Walking, lifting, interacting machines dominated exhibition halls, reinforcing the impression that humanoids are ready to move beyond demos into real industrial environments. This perception was amplified by a series of announcements in early 2026: BMW and Figure AI: Figure 02 humanoids ran 10-hour shifts on the BMW X3 line, loading sheet-metal parts. By 2026, they had supported 30,000 vehicles and handled 90,000 parts. Unitree Robotics: Showcased h...
January saw the slowest contraction in seven months as last year’s sustained downturn in construction output, eased with according to the latest S&P Global UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index. The index for construction output last month stood at 46.4, the highest since June 2025 and a sharp rise from the five-and-a-half-year low of 40.1 seen in December. The figure is still well below the 50.0 no-change value for construction output and the thirteenth month in which the index has been in negative territory. Commercial output i...
Tigers ace pitcher Tarik Skubal won his arbitration case against the club, securing a $32 million salary that shatters all prior records for a player in the arbitration system but also raises plenty of questions regarding his and the sport’s future. Nearly a month after filing for arbitration, the two-time reigning Cy Young Award winner in the American League secured every bit of his historic salary request, prevailing over a competing, $19 million offer from the Tigers for the 2026 season. With the win before a three-person panel, Skubal sha...
The new Valckensteyn building offers space for 82 flats. © Sebastian van Damme Valckensteyn is a twelve-storey building constructed entirely from solid wood. It is the first building of its kind in Rotterdam dedicated entirely to the subsidised rental segment. The Powerhouse Company design focuses on the innovative use of timber. The project also has a social mission: it provides 82 affordable rental apartments for the post-war district of Pendrecht, which is now considered a problem area. The 40-metre-high building stands on the site of the ...
The National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE) and the Grid Controller of India Limited (GRID-INDIA) have inked a MoU to jointly carry out a research project on hybrid day-ahead and intra-day solar forecasting for large solar parks in India. As part of the initiative, a hybrid forecasting framework will be developed by combining numerical weather prediction models, satellite-based inputs, and real-time All-Sky Imager nowcasting. The framework will produce high-frequency probabilistic forecasts, including P50 and P90 estimates. These forecasts ...
JERAhas announced the signing of a long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) sale and purchase agreement (SPA) with QatarEnergy to secure the supply of 3.0 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) for 27 years, with deliveries expected to commence in 2028. The agreement was signed on the sidelines of the 21st International Conference and Exhibition on Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG 2026) in Doha, by Mr. Yukio Kani, Global CEO and Chair of JERA and His Excellency Mr. Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, the Minister of State for Energy Affairs and the President and CEO of Qat...
Senior executives from the company, including Chief Executive David Hinton, were summoned to an emergency Accountability Session in Tunbridge Wells on Monday to answer for the disruption that left thousands of homes and businesses without water and under a boil water notice in late November and early December. The customer-led forum has been established by the Consumer Council for Water (CCW) and gave affected customers the opportunity to directly challenge the company’s leadership and seek action to address their concerns. Panellists press...
Russell Bradford, CEO of Goldsky Resources, comments: “We are very excited to demonstrate our continued commitment to the Rajapalot Project under the new management of Goldsky by way of assigning a significant 10 000 m drilling programme that will support important long-term objectives for the project. Our commitment to upgrading some important areas of the currently defined mineral resource is a major step-forward for the project, which will enable us to forge ahead with our permitting advancement at Rajapalot. "Similarly, further ‘target-tes...