May 3, 2012 Indonesia jumps on the mining exports tax wagon Indonesia has decided to have its mining cake and eat it too, as the country, one of the world’s largest exporters of copper and coal, will start imposing a 20%…
May 2, 2012 Report: Mongolia going the way of Zimbabwe with mandatory state control of foreign miners Draft legislation, a copy of which was seen by the Financial Times on Wednesday, gave "the clearest sign yet that Mongolia is uncomfortable with the large foreign investments that have…
May 2, 2012 Indian mining dept cracks whip on nine MCL mines In an unprecedented move, the state mining department has cracked the whip on nine out of 11 coal mines operating at the Talcher Coalfields under the command area of Mahanadi…
May 2, 2012 Colombia to spend nearly $1.3 billion in coal-related ports expansions Colombia’s leading coal producers are increasing investments dramatically to improve and expand their ports, in what is considered a key move for rising coal production in the country to 120…
May 2, 2012 Rick George hands over reins of oilsands pioneer Suncor If Rick George was company builder at oilsands pioneer Suncor Energy Inc., Steve Williams has been the operator and is now executor of a growth plan put into place long…
May 2, 2012 New watchwords at BHP: sequencing, discipline, cash flow BHP Billiton addressed shareholder concerns about its ambitious investment plans in four mega-projects on Wednesday saying it will match capital expenditures closely with cash flows and stagger the project pipeline.
May 2, 2012 US metal and industrial metal mine salaries for 2011 There is no such thing as an average miner. There is no such thing as an average salary. Yet we can get some idea of how well mining people are…
May 1, 2012 2011 wages for US metal and industrial mineral mines There are conventionally 2,080 work hours in a year. Thus somebody earning a wage of $20 an hour gets the equivalent of a salary of about $42,000. Considering the mine…
May 1, 2012 Arch Coal’s Q1 plummets from $55.6 million a year ago to just $1.2 million Blaming severe weakness in U.S. thermal coal markets, Arch Coal, Inc. (NYSE: ACI) today reported first quarter 2012 net income of $1.2 million, or $0.01 per diluted share, compared with…
May 1, 2012 Cameco gains 5% after strong quarter Sales volumes were up 33% at Cameco, the world's largest uranium miner in Q1. Revenue increased 22% to $563 million and gross profit showed a gain of 31% to $178…
Ma’aden selects Metso to deliver a gold processing plant to Ar Rjum mine The order includes process electrification, field instrumentation and automation. January 15, 2026 | 03:25 pm
