Mining magnate and businesswoman Gina Rinehart has achieved her strategy to sell almost two million hectares of land across her Northern Territory (NT) cattle stations for $100 million.
US tilt-rotor support aircraft arrive in NT for annual rotation of US marines
A squadron of Bell-Boeing V22 Osprey support aircraft is now in the Northern Territory in support of the upcoming Marine Rotational Force (MRF) based in Darwin.
Territory Resource Wrap – April 4
The NT Independent is providing you with an update of resource news from across the Northern Territory. This week, Project Sea Dragon delays sees Seafarms shares drop sharply, Core Lithium’s shar price hits record high and more.
Cyclotron finally delivered for hospital PET scanner
Six years after the idea was first floated, the NT now has an on-site cyclotron at the Royal Darwin Hospital to produce radioactive isotopes to power its PET scanner for cancer diagnoses.
News Brief: Local government review starts into councillor numbers, calls for submissions
The committee looking at whether the NT has too many local government councillors has called for submissions from the public as part of its first review, following changes to the Local Government Act which came into force last year.
News Brief: Arafura Resources rare earths project boosted by $30m Fed Government grant
The Federal Government has given a $30 million grant to Arafura Resources for the Nolans rare earths separation facility that will be the first of its type in Australia and the second outside China.
NT Industry Events – Business is back, find where and when
Business is back for the year with industry groups giving businesses the ability to get out and network and listen to some great guest speakers. Get along to hear what is happening and support your local businesses and groups. Here are the upcoming industry events you...
News Brief: House prices up in the December quarter, closed higher for the year
Darwin residential properties price index had a rise of 1.5 per cent in the December quarter, a government report shows, with an annual increase of 13.0 per cent over the 2021 year. Residential Property Price Index (RPPI) which monitors the changes to residential...
News Brief: NT Literary Awards open
Nominations for the Northern Territory Literary Awards have opened for 2022 for all Territory writers across a range of categories.
Sun Cable’s NT solar project receives a $210 million funding boost from backers
Sun Cable’s billionaire backers have contributed $210 million to capital raising efforts for the proposed Australia-Asia PowerLink project, bringing the total raised to $250 million for the massive $30 billion project.
Territory Resource Wrap – March 15
The NT Independent is providing you with an update of resource news from across the Northern Territory. This week, a mining company faces environmental charges, Shell attempts to get its Prelude LNG facility back up and running, Ragusa identifies new lithium tenements in the NT, plus more.
Territory Resource Wrap – March 9
The NT Independent is providing you with an update of resource news from across the Northern Territory. This week, a Russian director steps down from board of company with NT operations, Mosman Oil and Gas shares rise modestly and Eastern Metals expand their NT operations, plus more.