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Ghana Manganese Company has terminated its equipment hire contract with Perenti Global subsidiary African Mining Services, following a temporary suspension of the contract earlier this month.

Independence Group’s Nova and Tropicana mines in Western Australia have achieved strong preliminary results, with first-half metal production exceeding guidance by around 9 per cent and 10 per cent respectively.

Mining companies are scaling back their operations, with Newmont Corporation and Kirkland Lake Gold cutting exploration in Australia and others including Rio Tinto shelving some of their international mines.

In an initiative led by the Chamber of Minerals and Energy of WA, the Western Australian resources sector has pledged $6.6 million to Royal Flying Doctor Service Western Operations, Foodbank WA and Lifeline WA.

Asymptomatic FIFO workers to be tested for COVID-19 as Western Australia records its seventh day in a row with 0 cases.

Nearly 50 drilling projects will be funded through the state government’s Exploration Incentive Scheme, with winners including big businesses such as AngloGold Ashanti Australia and Rio Tinto.

Indigenous contractors such as Warrikal, Carey Mining, and Brida illustrate the increasing maturity of the sector.

Kelvin Dushnisky will step down from his role as chief executive of Johannesburg-based goldminer AngloGold Ashanti in September after serving two years with the company.

Subiaco-based Mali Lithium is set to become a gold producer after announcing it will buy out Barrick Gold and AngloGold Ashanti’s stake in a West African mine.

IGO will complete a strategic review of its investment in the Tropicana joint venture after disclosing it has received a number of proposals for its stake in the goldmine.

A rush to consolidate mines could herald a flurry of mergers.

ASX-listed Dynamic Drill and Blast has secured work on gold and iron ore projects in Western Australia under two subcontracts, with Pilbara Resource Group and Carey Mining.

Carey Mining was one of the first private Aboriginal contractors to be established in Australia and it’s still going strong.

The sale of IGO’s 30 per cent stake in the Tropicana gold mine appears close to being completed, with Regis Resources tipped as the successful bidder after Gold Road Resources said its offer had not been accepted.

Perth-based mining contractor Perenti has secured further work through its African subsidiary under a two-year contract with AngloGold Ashanti.

IGO has agreed to sell its 30 per cent stake in the Tropicana goldmine to Regis Resources, which is paying $903 million in cash for the WA asset.

AngloGold Ashanti has made way for the $903 million sale of joint venture partner IGO's stake in the Tropicana goldmine, east of Kalgoorlie.

The search for a missing worker at AngloGold Ashanti’s Obuasi mine in Ghana is ongoing, following an underground collapse last week.

Perenti has revealed an employee working for its Ghanaian joint venture has been found deceased, following an underground collapse at AngloGold Ashanti’s Obuasi mine earlier this month.

Alberto Calderon has been appointed as the new chief executive of AngloGold Ashanti, taking the reins from acting chief Christine Ramon in September.

Perenti’s surface mining business has won a five-year contract for work on AngloGold Ashanti’s Iduapriem mine in Ghana.

A multi-billion-dollar merger has brought a change at the top of Business News’ list of goldminers.

Listed contractor Macmahon Holdings has secured further work at the Tropicana and Telfer mines in Western Australia, with the contracts worth more than $600 million in total.

Record commodity prices and a flurry of M&A deals have defined the past year for listed resources companies.

Business News has tracked dramatic changes in the ranking of WA’s largest goldminers over more than a decade.

Gold output in Australia has fallen 9 per cent from its June quarter high, with some of the biggest operators reporting a drop in production, new data has shown.

SRG Global has locked in $50 million worth of contracts for a suite of infrastructure work across the WA resources industry.

Regis Resources is one step closer to developing its New South Wales gold project after receiving a tick of approval.

Goldminer AngloGold Ashanti, contractor Barminco and engineering firm Sandvik have struck a deal to test a battery-electric underground mining truck at a Laverton mine.

One of WA’s most senior mining executives, former AngloGold Ashanti boss Mike Erickson, has taken on a senior corporate advisory role at Indigenous contractor Carey Group.

Junior exploration company EcoGraf has signed a farm-in agreement with goldmining giant AngloGold Ashanti Holdings for $US9 million ($13.5 million).

Australian gold production fell nine per cent in The March quarter, weighed down by the impacts of severe storms which hampered output in Western Australia and other gold mining regions.

Perenti's underground mining business arm Barminco has won a three-year mining services contract extension worth $450 million with AngloGold Ashanti, effective from October 1.

West-Perth based digital entertainment system business Swift Networks has secured a twelve-month extension on its contract to provide services across three Chevron facilities.

Regis Resources has used its quarterly report to again lash the contentious ministerial blocking of its McPhillamys gold project, as early stage work starts on a new concept study at the proposed mine.

West Perth contractor CPC Engineering has secured two new contracts in the red-hot gold sector, bringing in $24 million worth of new work with AngloGold Ashanti and Capricorn Metals.

St John WA has opened a new building to accommodate touring volunteers – ‘voluntourists’ – travelling to the Goldfields town of Laverton.