June 3, 2015

Safe and efficient asteroid mining

One of the most frequent questions I get is regarding how and where asteroid mining will happen. As in golf, asteroid miners “will play it as it lays.”

June 2, 2015

Anglo triples iron ore exports to India

India's total imports reach record high in year to end-March.

June 1, 2015

Mining exploration spending in Australia hits decade-low

The dramatic fall was led mainly by the iron ore and coal sectors.

June 1, 2015

This is what the mining market looked like in Q1

SNL Metals & Mining just released an expert review on all aspects of the industry, recent performance and quarterly outlook.

May 31, 2015

Rio Tinto signs $20M IT services deal with Empired

Contract involves support and project services for more than 170 applications. Empired is based in Perth.

May 31, 2015

What America can learn from China’s infrastructure

Heavy news indeed for the country known for building the first-of-its-kind transcontinental railway and interstate highway system.

May 28, 2015

Life hasn’t come back to Canada’s mining sector just yet — report

Mining equities didn’t fare very well in Ernst & Young's most recent Canadian Mining Eye report.

May 28, 2015

INFOGRAPHIC: Lunar gold rush — How moon mining could work

Across history, human development has relied upon the finite resources available on Earth. But the moon – a seemingly barren rock – may actually be a treasure trove of rare…

May 28, 2015

Iron ore tycoon Gina Rinehart loses $3.8bn legal battle

She lost control of the family trust, which holds almost 25% of iron ore miner Hancock Prospecting.

May 27, 2015

No point in top iron ore miners cutting supply: Goldman

Goldman expects the iron ore "war of attrition" will continue while prices gradually decline toward its $40 per metric ton forecast by 2017.