August 27, 2012 Back to the drawing board for Olympic Dam expansion The final fate of BHP Billiton’s (ASX:BHP) Olympic Dam mine expansion remains fraught with uncertainty in the wake of the company’s announcement last week that it was shelving the project…
August 24, 2012 BHP chews over ways to expand iron ore production in Australia The world's number one miner, BHP Billiton, wants to leave the news of its first decrease in annual profit in three years behind by focusing on finding the most lucrative…
August 24, 2012 Baja Mining reports waiver to standstill agreement The Korean Consortium has advanced approximately $73.5 million of the total $90 million of Stage I financing, which is sufficient to trigger the reduction in Baja's interest in MMB from…
August 23, 2012 Fracking: the what, where and how Learn more about the what, where and how of shale gas in this new infographic by Visual Capitalist.
August 23, 2012 And it’s over: Anglo and Codelco make peace The heated legal battle between Anglo American and its Chilean adversary Codelco has finally come to an end as the parties announced Thursday that they've reached an agreement.
August 22, 2012 BHP ditches Olympic Dam as profit tumbles The world's number one miner, BHP Billiton, has delayed its $30 billion Olympic Dam copper-uranium expansion and said no major projects would be approved until June 2013 as it tries…
August 21, 2012 BHP boss bucks bonus Marius Kloppers, CEO of mining giant BHP Billiton, has decided to waive his annual bonus in light of a recent forecast in which BHP's revenues are projected to drop 38%
August 20, 2012 Harry Winston sets Diavik mine’s value at $2.6 billion Toronto-based jeweller Harry Winston Diamond, which is looking to become the sole owner of Rio Tinto’s Diavik Mine, in Canada's Northwest Territories, said the mine has another 11 years to…
August 20, 2012 Australia’s Queensland coal industry hits new wall as Yancoal reviews expansion Already running at a loss or struggling to stay in the black, most thermal coal mines in Australia's Queensland are now facing additional challenges as exports drop and major projects…
August 20, 2012 Chile’s Codelco to win big in agreement with Anglo If everything goes as planned, at the end of this week Chile’s Codelco and Anglo American will sign a long-awaited agreement that would end one of the biggest business disputes…
New York copper price surges again, Shanghai sets record Copper jumped by more than 5% to the highest level since the short squeeze in July. December 26, 2025 | 12:18 pm