Australasian Mining Roundup – March 2014

Creamer Media's Australasian Mining Roundup is a business and information tool for decision-makers in the mining industry. This monthly report provides a synopsis of mining activity in Australasia during the past month. The roundup presents the information in an easy-to-read disaggregated format, covering exploration and feasibility studies, projects, operations, corporate activity, general trends in the sector and details of Australasian companies operating in other countries. The March 2014 roundup includes details of ASX-listed Flinders Mines announcement of a A$14.3-million capital raising to start a bankable feasibility study and detailed design studies for its Pilbara Iron Ore project, in Western Australia; diversified major Rio Tinto and its joint venture partners’ approval of a $599-million brownfield expansion, as part of a plan to increase production in the Pilbara to 360-million tonnes by 2015; and diamond miner Kimberley Diamonds’ restart of mining at the E9 pit, at its Ellendale operations, in Western Australia.