December 8, 2014 From Babylon to beyond – human rights development in mining Whether it’s the development of a new mine in Central Africa or fracking in the English Home Counties, the scope for complex and sensitive human rights issues to arise is…
December 8, 2014 BHP Billiton spin-off named South32 The waiting game is over. BHP Billiton has named its Perth-based spin-off company, appointing Graham Kerr as its chief executive.
December 7, 2014 First Nation in B.C. sets out tougher rules for mining in its territory A group of First Nations from Williams Lake, B.C., whose territory includes the area devastated by the Mount Polley tailings pond breach has created a detailed mining policy that will…
December 5, 2014 US mining can’t find workers fast enough More than 36% of the jobs in mining and logging stay open for longer than three months.
December 5, 2014 China’s rising: best investment vehicle to make money from it While China is struggling with its gross domestic product (GDP) growth metrics, the country’s main stock market—the Shanghai Composite Index (SCI)—is easily outperforming the S&P 500 and NASDAQ.
December 5, 2014 Walsh: My ‘amazing’ Rio turnaround ‘will be a Harvard case study’ Rio Tinto CEO credentialing ahead of another round with "combative" Ivan Glasenberg.
December 4, 2014 Rio Tinto-Glencore a ‘poor match’: Sam Walsh Walsh emphasized Rio was not planning any major acquisition to protect itself from a potential takeover by the commodity trader and miner rival.
December 4, 2014 Rio, BHP very close to develop U.S. largest copper mine Arizona’s lawmakers have slipped a piece of legislation that would allow the mining giants to go ahead with their massive Resolution Copper project.
December 3, 2014 Precious metals firm is Britain’s most admired company 200-year old Johnson Matthey refines precious metals, manufactures autocatalysts and produces the platinum group metals industry's most watched research.
UAE aluminum maker seeks investors for $6 billion US plant The EGA plant is expected to require $5 billion to $6 billion of capital investment and produce about 750,000 tons of primary aluminum a year. December 16, 2025 | 02:54 pm
