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Richard Szabo is an award-winning editor with more than 17 years' experience in news writing at mainstream and niche media organisations. He has a specialty in mining and business reporting.

Outback town strikes gold

Outback town strikes gold with new mine

Almost 150 years after the Gulf town of Forsayth saw its first gold rush, an Australian company will develop a new gold mine and 20 local jobs. Laneway Resources has secured a 20-year lease to...

Arrow Energy Surat Gas Project

$10B mining project approved in southern Queensland

A $10 billion gas project has the green light to begun construction in Queensland’s Darling and Western Downs regions. Arrow Energy recently received approval for 14 petroleum leases, covering...

BHP workers

Tender awarded for WA metal project worth over $2B

An integrated engineering and construction group has won a contract at a Western Australian metal project worth more than $2 billion. Civmec Construction and Engineering recently secured the third...

Barrick Gold management team

$25B deal promised to create best mining company ever

The largest precious metal miner in the world wants to spend $25 billion on making what it claims to be the best mining company in history. Barrick Gold Corporation has offered US$17.8 billion ($24.8...

Mackay manufacturer

Mackay manufacturer gets funding injection

A high-tech manufacturer and supplier of online measurement equipment will be able to buy new technology thanks to $107,700 in funding from Round 2 of the State Government’s $40 million Made in...

Chinese police armed with a rifle. (Photo credit: Adobe Stock)

Coal orders stop as China orders a freeze on imports

New Australian coal orders are being suspended after China ordered a freeze on further imports. Major buyers in China and international coal merchants in China believe the freeze is due to average...

Glencore underground mine

Mining giant succumbs to climate change activism

One of the world’s largest diversified resource companies has yielded to mounting pressure from climate change activism, and will invest heavily in environmentally sustainable practices. Glencore has...

W.E. Smith Lloyds auction

Liquidation auction sells equipment starting at $1

A defunct engineering company is liquidating all of its plant and equipment assets through an auction with no reserve. W.E. Smith is selling all of its machinery, including more than 200 welders...