May 25, 2011 Will Enterprise Migration Agreements help the mining skills shortage in Australia? Joo-Cheong Tham of the Drum Opinion at ABC discusses the introduction of Enterprise Migration Agreements (EMAs) to assist with skills shortages in many industries, including mining.
May 25, 2011 Mining Weekly reports Queensland setting aside grants for skills development To support training programs and fend off a future skills shortage, Queensland will be providing up to two-million-dollar grants for industry groups and individual companies. The Premier said the Skills…
May 25, 2011 Iron ore deals contribute nearly 40% of global metals M&A during 1Q–PwC With stronger balance sheets, improved credit availability and stabilizing metal prices, PwC Tuesday forecast the recovery in global metals M&A is expected to continue for the balance of this year.…
May 25, 2011 Breakthrough in rare earths processing technology Australian rare earths company Arafura Resources has successfully completed the hydrochloric acid regeneration program, a key part of its wider, previously reported technology program. The process involves taking calcium chloride…
May 25, 2011 Thelon Signs Lease Agreement to Double Production Royalties on Jellico Coal Project Thelon Capital Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:THC)(FRANKFURT:TFHC) is pleased to announce that it has, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Clear Fork Mining, signed a second lease agreement with a private contractor to mine…
May 25, 2011 Uranium predicted to recover, yet short sellers remain active Data Explorers reports the prediction of recovery of the uranium sector. The market news is quoted as saying: The Fukushima disaster caused the largest fall in the price of uranium…
May 25, 2011 Nickel process technology company set to list on ASX The executive chairman of private company Direct Nickel Julian Malnic told the Resources & Energy Symposium in Broken Hill in New South Wales that the company was currently moving to…
May 24, 2011 Russia’s Alrosa to keep plum mine asset – source Reuters reports on Tuesday Russian diamond monopoly Alrosa may use the spoils of high diamond prices to develop an asset in northwest Russia rather than let a foreign miner such…
May 24, 2011 Zimbabwe central bank: Sell diamonds to set up gold-backed currency The Israeli Diamond Industry website reports the governor of Zimababwe's central bank is proposing that the country sell its diamonds to fund a gold-backed currency to replace the defunct Zimbabwean…
May 24, 2011 Traders cautious on iron ore; spot prices remain unchanged Iron ore prices on the Chinese spot market were largely unchanged on Tuesday, with traders still unwilling to risk making purchases as they try to determine underlying demand in the…
Chilean regulator to launch ‘unprecedented’ audit of Codelco-SQM lithium deal The regulator said that it was prevented from ruling on most of the claims due to previous court rulings. December 19, 2025 | 08:56 am
