David Craig

Moly Mines has today appointed David Craig as its new chairman while director Kurt Talbot has ended his one-month stint on the board.

Engineering and construction firm Forge Group is searching for a new managing director, after its current boss, Peter Hutchinson, stepped down in a move he says will drive the company's next phase of growth.

Forge Group has announced boss Peter Hutchinson will be replaced by former Woodside executive David Craig as non-executive chairman.Mr Craig said the change was of a deliberate and planned transition for the company as it seeks to expand and diversify.

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IF only all company directors could go out on such a high.Five years after establishing Forge Group, Peter Hutchinson and Andrew Ellison are leaving the business.

China’s Hanlong Mining Investments has been successful in its bid to ditch three independent directors from the board of Perth-based gold, copper and molybdenum miner Moly Mines.

Perth-based Gunson Resources has become the latest junior mining company to cut pay rates and boardroom numbers in a trend demonstrating the increasingly difficult operating environment for the sector.

Moly Mines has announced another boardroom shakeup in the wake of the arrest in Hong Kong earlier this week of one of the company’s major shareholder’s senior executives.

Former Iluka Resources managing director Mike Folwell has been appointed chairman and non-executive director of Gunson Resources.Didier Murcia has been appointed non-executive director.