April 3, 2018 CHARTS: Mining rally running out of steam as copper price weighs Cobalt, nickel still on the boil, but gloomier outlook reflected in copper price and fall in market value of top mining companies during first quarter.
April 3, 2018 South Australian geologists to drive a revolution in minerals exploration New research centre has been established to help reduce the cost of mineral exploration in Australia in order to boost output.
April 2, 2018 Queensland’s resources sector wins gold in job numbers Queensland’s resources sector is powering jobs growth across the State with Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data showing an increase of close to 10,000 jobs in the February quarter.
March 30, 2018 Anglo American ordered to halt Brazil ops again after leak A document by Brazilian environmental watchdog Ibama seen by Reuters said Anglo American would only be allowed to resume operations once it demonstrates the pipeline's security.
March 29, 2018 Port, railway workers reject Canada miner IOC’s latest offer Negotiations stumbled on monetary issues.
March 29, 2018 Britain’s Vedanta hit by up to $600 mln charge for Goa iron ore unit closure The latest ban would affect not only Vedanta but also several small unlisted companies run by local families.
March 29, 2018 Exploration spending in Canada’s poorest regions keeps sliding The Northwest Territories and Nunavut, two of the three regions with the lowest income per capita, will see exploration investment to drop again in 2018, Natural Resources Canada says.
March 28, 2018 DRDGold okays Sibanye-Stillwater $110 million-assets exchange deal South Africa’s top gold producer has secured a 38% stake in DRDGold in exchange for some of its assets, which boosts the mid-tier gold miner’s reserves by 91% to 5.7…
March 27, 2018 Rio Tinto fully out of coal sector with $2.25bn Kestrel mine sale Company has agreed to sell its 80% stake in the Kestrel mine to a consortium comprising of private equity manager EMR Capital and Indonesian coal company Adaro Energy.
March 27, 2018 Vedanta shuts protests-ridden copper smelter in India for 15 days The maintenance activity, originally scheduled for April, comes amid media reports that thousands had taken to the streets and shut shops in Thootukudi to protest against the expansion of the…
Iron ore price nears best close since November on year-end metal rally The steelmaking ingredient advanced for a third straight session in Singapore, climbing nearly 1.8% to as much as $106.55 a ton in intraday trading. December 29, 2025 | 07:51 am
