July 30, 2018 Anil Agarwal given more time to make firm offer for Vedanta Resources He has been given more time to make a firm offer or walk away from a deal to buy out minority shareholders in Vedanta Resources for 778 million pounds ($1…
July 30, 2018 Caterpillar says tariffs will wipe out up to $200M Demand for mining as well as oil and gas equipment is so strong that the company said it was taking orders for delivery well into 2019.
July 29, 2018 Environmentalists worried about prospecting in New Zealand’s South Island The government lifted a moratorium for prospecting permits on 7,828 square kilometres on the northern part of the South Island.
July 27, 2018 South African diamond fetches half a million dollars The gem was sold on tender for $11,267 per carat.
July 27, 2018 Will BHP’s CEO follow Top Miner’s shale unit out of the door? BHP Billiton Ltd.’s $10.8 billion of deals to exit its troubled U.S. shale unit will allow Chief Executive Officer Andrew Mackenzie to shower investors with returns. It may also be…
July 24, 2018 India’s Adani sees six-fold rise in coal mining volume despite challenges in Australia Adani is looking to buy mines in countries such as Indonesia and is securing financing for its Carmichael mine in Australia amid challenges from environmental groups concerned about climate change…
July 24, 2018 Canada scaring mining investors with long, unclear permit processes Study released Tuesday by the Fraser Institute, British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec are the three main provinces where exploration permit processes have grown longer and less transparent over the past…
July 23, 2018 Debt financing doubles "Not a typical financing vehicle for non-revenue generating exploration companies."
July 19, 2018 Australia’s South32 beats annual coking coal output guidance Australian miner South32 Ltd beat its coking coal output guidance for fiscal 2018.
July 19, 2018 Miners wrote off almost one-third of investments over last decade From the $939bn invested in major projects between 2008 and 2017, the world’s top 40 mining companies by market cap. wrote-off $273bn or 29% of the initial capital outlay.
Copper price: Most popular stories of 2025 Copper is on course for its biggest annual gain since 2009 and articles about the metal were read more than 2.5 million times this year. December 24, 2025 | 12:20 pm
