NRW has announced that NRW Civil & Mining has secured an A$167m ($109.75m) contract from Rio Tinto for the Brockman Syncline 1 project.

Cobalt Blue Holdings has announced that its Broken Hill cobalt project in NSW has been awarded a three-year extension of major project status.

Santana Minerals’ subsidiary Matakanui Gold has signed a binding agreement to acquire Ardgour Station land in New Zealand.

Sandvik has secured an order valued at Skr270m ($28.3m) from Oyu Tolgoi LLC for supplying underground mining equipment.

Lupaka Gold wins a final award from the Arbitral Tribunal for its arbitration against the Republic of Peru over Lupaka's Invicta gold project.

French uranium mining company, Orano, has reportedly announced that its joint venture with Niger, SOMAIR, is facing bankruptcy.

The Chilean congress has approved legislation aimed at accelerating the permitting process for mining investment projects.