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.
May 24, 2016 Rio Tinto makes management changes Rio Tinto has appointed Stephen McIntosh as the acting Group executive, Technology & Innovation
May 23, 2016 Canada’s Inuit group shows its members the mining money Association is set to pocket 1.19% royalty on net Baffinland iron ore sales
May 22, 2016 China plans $720B infrastructure investment, but iron ore still oversupplied China plans to invest CNY4.7 trillion ($720 billion) on 303 transport infrastructure projects over three years but that may not be enough to give a strong boost to commodity prices…
May 22, 2016 No white knight for idled Wabush Mines The mine's assets are now in the process of being liquidated.
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