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.
July 16, 2018 Four miners killed in Georgia in coal mine accident, officials say The government will close the mine until an investigation is complete and it gets the conclusions of international experts.
July 13, 2018 Reduced head count, capex spending biggest contributor to mine efficiency mid-decade: McKinsey To stay productive, McKinsey warns that miners must maintain fiscal discipline.
July 11, 2018 Five top mining execs. convicted over Turkey’s worst mine disaster The sentences range from 15 to 22 years in jail for high-ranked executives.
July 9, 2018 Australia’s Yancoal halts Austar mine amid safety dispute Yancoal said it will start standing down employees, and is aiming to redeploy most workers to other underground operations owned by the company.
July 9, 2018 Private equity firm to deploy $550 million into mining sector Targeting close or ready for production.
July 8, 2018 South Africa mines minister delays finalisation of draft mining charter Uncertainty around the charter has deterred investment into a sector that accounts for 8 percent of gross domestic product in the world's top platinum producer.
Chilean authorities gear up to remove workers from Mantoverde plant as strike continues The union representing workers at the mine alleges that those occupying the plant are a minority group of employees, and not backed by the union. January 30, 2026 | 11:40 am
