Staff Reporter

Pilbara gold project moves from scoping into feasibility, drawing in drillers, engineers and process contractors

A million plus ounce gold project on the southern edge of the Pilbara has moved from scoping into pre-feasibility, putting near-term work in front of drilling contractors, study and engineering consultants, and process plant suppliers.

Storage project advances under a fixed operating deadline, positioning civil and electrical contractors for early works

A grid-scale energy storage project in regional New South Wales is moving toward construction under a fixed commercial deadline, with the operator committed to storing and dispatching power before the end of 2028.

Mining and processing work emerges as a high-grade gold restart nears its development decision

A previously producing high-grade gold operation in the eastern Wheatbelt of Western Australia is being readied for restart, and the supplier opportunity is crystallising this quarter.

Contract mining and simple gravity processing packages firm up as a shallow sands deposit advances from study toward a build decision

Earthmoving and contract mining crews, mobile gravity plant suppliers and bulk haulage operators are the supplier categories most directly exposed as a shallow rare earths and heavy minerals deposit in Far North Queensland moves out of scoping and into pre-feasibility engineering.

Standalone processing build advances toward feasibility, opening early supplier positioning

A Western Australian goldfields gold producer is moving from cash generative open pit mining toward a standalone processing operation, opening a multi-year procurement runway for drilling, study, earthworks and process plant contractors.

Contract mining, earthworks and ore-haulage crews move into frame as a shallow high-grade gold deposit advances toward a development decision

Contract miners, bulk earthworks crews, ore-haulage operators and process-plant maintenance suppliers are the contractor types now exposed to a shallow, high-grade gold deposit being readied to feed an existing regional processing plant rather than a new build.

Heavy civil and electrical contractors gain an early marker as a gigawatt-scale wind and storage build advances into formal assessment

A gigawatt-scale wind generation and battery storage build in southern New South Wales has progressed into a defined multi-year assessment and delivery runway, opening early positioning for heavy civil, electrical and renewable balance-of-plant contractors.

Brownfield mill restart advances toward early works, opening process plant and civil packages

A partly built gold processing plant in North Queensland is moving toward refurbishment, putting a defined set of process, mechanical, civil and gold room packages in front of the supply chain.