The Asian Century, with Wal King of Leighton Holdings Limited It is official: In the words of Wal King, CEO for 23 years at Leighton Holdings Limited (ASX:LEI), “this is the Asian century,” and the company is well-positioned to capitalize on that. For more than two decades, King has been an inc... Read More

The new star in mining The New South Wales resource development company, Augur Resources Limited, stands out amongst its competitors as a bright, new star in mining—focusing on an extensive array of copper, gold and nickel projects. The region of the Lachlan Fold Belt where Augur does much of its... Read More  |  View Brochure

Aviva all the way: From a west Kenya core focus to Western Australia When you invest or partner with Aviva Corporation Ltd; an ASX-listed (ASX: AVA) resource development company headquartered in Perth, Western Australia, you get a truly lucrative blend of first rate management and technical team e... Read More  |  View Brochure

Barra Resources Limited, a mining company in Western Australia has a strong focus on high-grade gold and base metal deposits. The company was conceptualized in 2000 as an aggregation of gold fields based around Western Australia. Barra’s office manager, Gary John Berrell, says “exploration an... Read More  |  View Brochure

Setting world standards for drilling services When Brian Rudd, CEO of emerging markets focused drilling services giant Capital Drilling, headquartered from Singapore, told AuBJ that the company intended on being “the best drilling company in the world,” in September, 2009, there was no going ba... Read More  |  View Brochure

Making waves with Carnegie’s CETO technology Did you know that the World Energy Council estimates that the amount of energy available in the ocean is more than twice the current electricity levels consumed around the world? In Australia alone, according to the Australian Government’s science bo... Read More  |  View Brochure

Banking on gold production If there’s one thing that sticks from our meetings with Bruce McFadzean, Managing Director of the Perth-based Australian gold producer, Catalpa Resources (ASX: CAH) it is that despite the company’s overwhelming success and development in 2010, there are no surprises. ... Read More  |  View Brochure

The biggest exploration spread in Australia Our story begins back in central Australia, 1998. Oil is trading at around US$12 per barrel and the market has certainly seen better days. Analysts blame this price on the lifting of commercial restrictions on Iraq oil exports and the surplus supply in in... Read More

Product and project excellence Take this typical minesite scenario: There’s a truck cycle time of one hour and each truck carries 200 tonnes. If each truck could take another 20 tonnes —220 tonnes per cycle—completing 5,500 hour cycles per year, it is a saving of 110,000 tonnes more material ... Read More

The how-to for joint ventures and company-making projects It’s a fairly auspicious beginning for any miner—kicking off with a portfolio of tenements spun out from mining major BHP Billiton. But more interesting is what Exco Resources Ltd (EXS), an Australian focused, ASX-listed exploration and... Read More

Advanced exploration and highly prospective ground in PNG with Goldminex Resources Limited There is no doubt about it, Australian investment in Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) booming resources sector continues to climb. With favourable mining laws, many proven successes, overwhelming multi-commodity in... Read More

Project Watch: Updates on the Gorgon LNG project One of the projects the world is watching this year is the $43 billion Gorgon Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) project in Western Australia; one of the world’s largest natural gas projects and Australia’s single largest project of its kind. Gorgon is... Read More

Western Australia’s mineral sands mining experts If you are looking for a diversified mineral explorer with a major landholding and expanding mineral sands resource base in Western Australia, then Image Resources is your go-to company. This mining and exploration company has capitalized on the ri... Read More

Energy for the future from MEO Australia As the many companies in search of economically viable gas resources in Australia today know well, there are many factors pivotal to a truly successful project. All manner of companies, from super majors to one-man operations, are turning their attentions to... Read More

Iron ore production with moly-copper to follow: 2011 is the Moly Mines year Over at the Perth, Western Australia, head office of Moly Mines Limited (ASX/TSX: MOL), the development stage resource company which owns two advanced projects at Spinifex Ridge in the Pilbara region of Western Australia an... Read More  |  View Brochure

Set on potential to be a producer Montezuma Mining was originally founded to explore a group of tenements in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, an area that has produced significant amounts of gold in recent years. The firm’s focus, which was once on a gold system called Peak Hill, has evol... Read More