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The article offers mineral industries news briefs from Australia and Oceania as of October 2014. A project feasibility study will be carried out for the Frieda River copper-gold project in Papua New Guinea to estimate the average production of copper and gold. The company Poseidon Nickel will acquire the company Norilsk Nickel's Lake Johnston nickel mines. The company Glencore International has been selected as the preferred proponent to develop the Aurukun bauxite deposit in Australia.

This article reports on the start of the construction of open-pit copper-gold project of Oxiana Ltd. in South Australia in late August 2006. First ore to the mills is scheduled for July 2008, with its first commercial production to follow in September 2006. It is noted that the production will range from 150,000 to 230,000 metric ton per year of cooper-gold concentrate. Capital costs to develop the project are estimated at A$775 million. Life-of-mine average cash costs of cooper production are estimated at $0.73 per pound.

Reports on the discovery of Ernest Henry-style deposits (gold and copper) at the White Dam prospect in the Curnamona Craton in Australia. Owners of the prospect; The Craton's potential; The Craton dominated by the big companies with few junior miners; Drilling providing a strong hint at a potentially significant deposit.