Top Australian capital raises seek to create mining value
Australia-headquartered miners have been tapping the capital markets in the year to July 14 to raise a total of US$2.33 billion in capital, according to an analysis by the Northern…
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Chinese M&A benefits from cost of capital arbitrage (May 09, 2011)
China’s mergers and acquisitions are “stepping up a notch” and with access to cheaper capital from state-owned banks, the Chinese will “continue to outbid the existing producers for assets,” predict the authors of a recent Citi Investment…
Chinese M&A benefits from cost of capital arbitrage (April 13, 2011)
China’s M&A is “stepping up a notch” and with access to cheaper capital from state-owned banks the Chinese will “continue to outbid the existing producers for assets,” predict the authors of a new report from CITI Investment Research in…
Western Areas will mine underground at Spotted Quoll
After starting nickel production in April at the Tim King open-pit mine, part of Western Areas’ (WSA-T, WSA-A) Spotted Knoll deposit about 400 km east of Perth, the company has decided to proceed with an underground mine too.
Western Areas’ Spotted Quoll gets final consent
Western Areas (WSA-T, WSA-A) has received the final consent from Australia’s environment ministry to start con…
Western Areas doubles resource at Spotted Quoll (September 15, 2008)
If Western Areas (WSA-T, WSA-A) had any doubts that its Spotted Quoll nickel project, in Western Australia, has the potential to become a major underground mine, they seem to have been laid to rest wi…
Western Areas doubles resource at Spotted Quoll (September 02, 2008)
If Western Areas (WSA-T, WSA-A) had any doubts that its Spotted Quoll nickel project has the potential to become a …
Western Areas to fast-track Spotted Quoll
Seven months after discovering the shallow Spotted Quoll nickel deposit, Western Areas (WSA-T, WSA-A) has completed a scoping study and plans to fast-track the project into production next year.
Troy Resources posts $4.9M loss
Shutting down one Brazillian gold mine before starting up another left Troy Resources (TRY-T, TRY-A) with a net loss of A$5.4 million ($4.9 million) for the second half of 2007.
Western Areas project returns more high-grade nickel
Drill results from a single hole at its Spotted Quoll target, part of the Forrestania nickel project in Western Aus…
Update: Western Areas announces significant upgrade in mineral resource
Drilling at Western Areass (WSA-T, WSA-A) Flying Fox mine in western Australia has revealed a 25% increase in prev…
Western Areas’ great deal
Reading the daily newspaper can bring big rewards. Just ask Julian Hanna. The managing director and chief e…