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The Guardian
2 days ago
- The Guardian
Woman speared in head airlifted to hospital as NT police search for alleged attacker
A woman with a spear embedded in her head has been airlifted to hospital from a remote Northern Territory community, with police searching for her alleged attacker. On Sunday police received a report alleging that an 18-year-old woman had been stabbed in the head by a male known to her at Angurugu on the west coast of Groote Eylandt, an island in the Gulf of Carpentaria. 'Police and local clinic staff attended and located the victim conscious, with the spear still embedded,' police said in a statement. Sign up for Guardian Australia's breaking news email The woman was airlifted to Royal Darwin hospital in a serious but stable condition. Police have appealed to the public for information on the domestic violence incident, with the alleged offender still not located.
ABC News
2 days ago
- ABC News
NT woman speared in head in alleged domestic violence attack in remote community
An 18-year-old woman has been speared in the head in an alleged domestic violence incident in a remote Northern Territory community. Emergency services received a report about midday Sunday that the young woman had been speared in the head by a man known to her in Angurugu, a community on Groote Eylandt in the Gulf of Carpentaria. NT police said officers and local clinic staff found the victim conscious with the spear still in her head. "The victim has since been conveyed to Royal Darwin Hospital via Care Flight in a serious but stable condition," a police spokesperson said. Police said they were still looking for the alleged offender, and that investigations were continuing. Police urged anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers or 131 444.
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Australia's South32 logs higher fourth-quarter manganese output
(Reuters) -Australian diversified miner South32 reported higher fourth-quarter manganese ore production on Monday, boosted by a recovery in export shipments from its Australia manganese operations. The company's Groote Eylandt Mining Co (GEMCO) project in Australia's Northern Territory faced inclement weather in early 2025, making it difficult to get production back on track after a tropical cyclone damaged the site's vital infrastructure a year ago. "Australia Manganese successfully resumed export shipments during the quarter, marking a significant recovery from the impacts caused by Tropical Cyclone Megan," the company said in a statement. The world's largest producer of manganese, which is used to improve the quality and strength of steel, clocked output of 1.1 million wet metric tons (wmt) of the steel-making ingredient for the quarter ended June 30, up from 534,000 wet metric tons a year earlier. The result beat a Visible Alpha consensus estimate of 850,000 wmt, as per Barrenjoey.
ABC News
21-05-2025
- Business
- ABC News
South32's manganese mine resumes exports from Groote Eylandt, year after cyclone
South32's Groote Eylandt manganese mine has resumed exports for the first time since severe cyclone damage to its wharf halted operations last year. The Groote Eylandt Mining Company (GEMCO) mine was badly damaged when Tropical Cyclone Megan hit the Northern Territory island in March 2024. Its wharf was destroyed by a loaded bulk carrier that smashed into the structure during cyclonic winds and high tides. Heavy rainfall also flooded the mine's pits and damaged a critical bridge and several roads. The damage led to GEMCO — a subsidiary of South32 — suspending mining and manganese exports, with the expectation shipments would resume between January and March 2025. In a statement this week, South32 announced export sales had resumed after a "recovery effort of immense scale and complexity". South32 chief operating officer Vanessa Torres told the NT Country Hour the first ship docked at the new wharf on Monday. "That will be the first export of ore from GEMCO over the last year since Cyclone Megan hit," she said. Ms Torres said rebuilding the wharf had been a huge effort, with about 317,000 hours of work involved and the removal of some 970 tonnes of steel and 740 tonnes of concrete. She said the mine's old wharf — constructed 60 years ago — had been completely rebuilt with new technology, making for "a significantly upgraded facility" that could withstand another cyclone event. Ms Torres said GEMCO had been able to retain its workforce of about 1,000 workers throughout the exports suspension period. Local member for Arnhem Selena Uibo said it was "great news" exports were resuming. "The export of manganese off Groote Eylandt will make a huge impact in terms of the territory's economy, but particularly for Groote Eylandt and the income that provides," she said. Ms Torres said the cost of the clean-up and rebuild at the GEMCO mine had not been finalised, but would be revealed when the company provided its annual results to the market. In its 2024 annual report, South32 said the mining halt had cost the company $US93 million ($137 million at the then exchange rate), while repairs to the wharf, a bridge and other infrastructure were expected to cost $US125 million ($184 million). South32 received $555 million in insurance payments for the cyclone damage. In its statement this week, South32 said it expected export sales from the GEMCO mine to increase over the June 2025 quarter and return to "normalised rates" over the 2025-26 financial year.
