MINING.com Editor, Author at MINING.COM

MICROMINE Top Exporter at WAiTTA Awards

Australian software and solutions provider, MICROMINE, has been named the successful recipient of the Exporter award at the 2012 WA Information Technology & Telecommunications Awards (WAiTTA).

MINING.com Editor | April 2, 2012 | 3:25 pm

De Beers names Tiffany among 75 buyers

Sales of rough diamonds by DTC rose to $6.5 billion last year from $5.1 billion in 2010.

MINING.com Editor | April 2, 2012 | 10:22 am

Rapaport’s small diamond index up 14%

Record high prices were achieved in specific categories, with strong demand from US and Indian buyers supporting sales

MINING.com Editor | April 2, 2012 | 10:00 am

Anglo-American building new Namibia diamond mine

Namdeb, which plans to produce 600,000 carats in 2012, expects the new mine to produce 45,000 carats a year.

MINING.com Editor | April 1, 2012 | 6:57 pm

Gold rises as dollar index tumbles one-month low

Gold prices climbed on Friday as the dollar fell to the lowest rate in a month against several currencies.

MINING.com Editor | March 30, 2012 | 1:50 pm

Opinion rolls in on Budget 2012

The resource sector liked it and the environmentalists were less keen on Budget 2012.

MINING.com Editor | March 30, 2012 | 5:44 am

Best safety options for your workplace

Organizations, no matter their size, simply can’t afford to ignore occupational health and safety (OH&S) risks as an integral part of their business management. When it comes to complying with OH&S legislation, the biggest risk of all for an organization is to do nothing.

MINING.com Editor | March 29, 2012 | 12:20 pm

Fire forces lead smelter closure in Missouri

The Doe Run Company had to declare force majeure at its lead smelter in Herculaneum, Missouri, after a fire at the plant.

MINING.com Editor | March 28, 2012 | 10:30 pm

Mitsubishi pays $81m for 25% stake in PGM mine

Japanese conglomerate Mitsubishi Corp will pay $81.25 million to acquire a 25% ownership in the Marathon PGM and copper project owned by Stillwater Mining.

MINING.com Editor | March 28, 2012 | 9:56 pm

Carbon Friendly Solutions signs MOU with major iron and shell producer in China

Carbon Friendly Solutions Inc. (CNSX: CFQ) announced the company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Microcoal International Inc. (“MCI”), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) with Hebei Iron and Steel Group Limited (“HBIS”), a major iron and steel producer in China, setting out the terms for a detailed project design package to be developed for a large scale industrial facility.

MINING.com Editor | March 27, 2012 | 6:46 pm