Pressing water regulation from state and federal governments will force the mining industry to adopt comprehensive water measurement and accounting systems.
Minerals and Metals Group (MMG) has announced its board members.
OZ Minerals pays its debts after finalising the sale with Minmetals.
OZ Minerals shareholders have voted in favour of Minmetals' offer for the company's assets.
OZ Minerals has received approval for the sale of its Martabe gold and silver project.
The impact of the global recession and key Government policies on the minerals sector will be the focus of this year's Minerals Week.
OZ Minerals has signed a sale implementation agreement with China Minmetals.
OZ Minerals chairman Barry Cusack has directly addressed the company's shareholders for the first time since September last year, telling them why Chinese company Minmentals' $2.6 billion takeover bid is their best option.
Despite some voices of dissent that are wary of a Chinese state-owned company acquiring a large stake in another Australian company, Minmetals $2.6 billion takeover offer for OZ Minerals will help ensure Australian jobs, OZ managing director Andrew Michelmore said.
OZ Minerals is facing a class action suit from litigation funder IMF Australia on behalf of its shareholders, the company said in a statement yesterday.