May 31, 2016 CHARTS: Brutal May for metals and miners A sharp reversal in metals and minerals prices during May see top mining companies shed billions in market value.
May 31, 2016 Bayer and Planetary Resources to collaborate to improve agriculture with space data Improving agriculture with crop-specific satellite images.
May 27, 2016 Australia’s mining project pipeline dwarfs other countries Significant brown and greenfield projects through 2020 nearly outnumber the next ten countries on the list.
May 26, 2016 Here comes the half conveyer-belt, half train hybrid Elevated below rail technology has the potential to open up significant mining assets long considered stranded.
May 26, 2016 Iron ore price back below $50 Down 27% in a month – 14 reasons the iron ore price has a lot further to fall.
May 26, 2016 Planetary Resources now has $21 million to help miners find resources… on Earth Funds will be used to deploy and operate the firm's Earth observation program, known as Ceres.
May 26, 2016 BHP to boost copper output, lower costs at vast Olympic Dam BHP wants find a way to up output for the industrial metal from its Olympic Dam by 40% even before a proposed and long-awaited mega-expansion of the operation takes place.
May 26, 2016 Nautilus underwater project in Eastern Pacific richer than thought Inferred mineral resources for Nautilus' CCZ project went up to 685 million tonnes from 410 million tonnes.
May 25, 2016 Boom in private debt financing for mining Australia's Taurus raised $683m to invest in mining company debt last year, while two funds currently in the market are targeting investor capital of $800m.
May 24, 2016 Iron ore price falls 5% – China scrap adds to oversupply fears China's steel association warns accumulated steel output will exceed 10 billion tonnes in 2016 as scrap prices drop below pig iron costs inside the country.
Codelco, SQM seal lithium venture in Chile’s Atacama desert NovaAndino Litio, the venture, will control all lithium exploration, production and sales in the Atacama salar until 2060. December 27, 2025 | 09:38 am