Sean Ford
The Advocate
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MMG's Rosebery Mine has big earnings drop
The Rosebery Mine's earnings slumped in 2022 as owner MMG Limited pressed on with efforts to secure a long-term tailings storage solution it says is needed to keep the West Coast operation running. → Read More
West Coast Mayor Shane Pitt lashes Avebury's Mallee Resources
West Coast Mayor Shane Pitt has threatened to hike rates on mining camps and lashed a nickel producer over a proposed footpath, leaving the mine boss baffled. → Read More
Elementos finds fluorite at Cleveland in Tasmania's North-West
A mineral the US rates as critical has turned up in an old mining area near a North-West ghost town and it might be just the start. → Read More
Group 6 Metals reports exploration results from King Island
The first exploration drilling hole in 50 years has been completed at a King Island tungsten target as a company prepares to fire up production at the Dolphin Mine after a decades-long halt. → Read More
Metals X profit slides as lower tin prices squeeze Renison
Falling tin prices have sliced into profits at the Renison mine, but it kept its nose in front in the latest reporting period as work towards a potential jobs-rich tailings retreatment project continued. → Read More
MyState's record profit as interest rates, inflation increase
Record profit, jump in customers, rates outlook discussed. → Read More
Tasmanian builders looking for new ground as interest rates bite
Some residential construction outfits are looking for other types of work as rising interest rates and soaring costs push home ownership out of the reach of more Tasmanians. → Read More
Burnie man Blair Darcy Kaine guilty of five counts of assault
"I will never forget having my head smashed into the wall, being strangled, gasping for air, being kicked as I lay crumpled on the floor, having to run away and hide in the bushes, terrified and feeling so alone." → Read More
Tin market fundamentals favouring Tasmanian mining hopeful Stellar Resources Limited
A study that could pave the way for a significant new West Coast tin mining development is scheduled for the second half of the year, with the market fundamentals looking strong. → Read More
Central Coast Mayor Cheryl Fuller says council will keep a watching brief on the Dial Range with mineral exploration likely
Licence grant for 243 square kilometre area recommended. → Read More
Local Government Board floats cutting Tasmanian councillors and paying the remaining ones more
Having fewer councillors and using some of the savings to pay the remaining ones more is a concept emerging from a review of Tasmanian local government's future. → Read More
Avebury Nickel Mine storing waste rock underground, Bob Brown Foundation renews paste fill call for Rosebery Mine
Safety claims "mythology", Mallee's night trucking bid. → Read More
Hartree Metals imposing tougher repayment terms on Avebury Nickel Mine owner Mallee Resources as Myanmar cash wait drags on
A holdup in getting $15 million owed from a deal in Myanmar has forced the Avebury Nickel Mine's owner into some fancy footwork and harder terms for debt repayment. → Read More
Drill rig on the way to King Island as tungsten production start at Group 6 Metals' Dolphin Mine approaches
A drilling rig is scheduled to arrive on King Island soon as the company returning the Dolphin Mine to life works to push project life beyond the current 14-year plan. → Read More
Tasmanian manufacturer Norfolk Blinds buzzing over contract for new Spirit of Tasmania ferries
Norfolk Blinds general manager Wesley Humber and the crew are excited about their contract to provide specially designed marine blinds for the new Spirits. Picture by Rodney Braithwaite. A North-West manufacturing crew is buzzing after winning a contract to make more than 400 specially designed marine blinds for the new Spirit of Tasmania ferries. → Read More
Spirit of Tasmania operator TT-Line and polo star Andrew Williams back in court over pony deaths
Lawyer says "adverse publicity" outweighs TT-Line's wrongdoing. → Read More
Tasmania Police won't say if Cooee operation during the week related to missing Burnie woman Helen Munnings
Police are refusing to say if an operation in a Burnie suburb during the week was related to the search for a woman who has been missing for more than 14 years. → Read More
Vehicles stolen from East Devonport, Devonport Airport, ram raid at Railton, cigarettes taken
A stolen Ford Ranger was driven through the front doors of a North-West service station and a large amount of cigarettes were taken in an overnight crime spree. → Read More
Vehicles stolen from East Devonport, Devonport Airport, ram raid at Railton, cigarettes taken
A stolen Ford Ranger was driven through the front doors of a North-West service station and a large amount of cigarettes were taken in an overnight crime spree. → Read More
David Foster sharpening his axe for Tasmanian Liberals' pokies reforms
The famous woodchopper who fronted the industry campaign against Tasmanian Labor's failed plan to ban poker machines from pubs and clubs is sharpening his axe for the Liberals' planned pokies reforms. → Read More