May 28, 2012 An ‘abundance’ of targets for asteroid miners "Space is big. Really Big. You just won't believe how vastly hugely, mind-bogglingly big," as the Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy once noted. About the only thing nearly as big,…
May 28, 2012 Singapore-based iron ore platform to compete with China’s beginning on Wednesday A second major physical iron ore trading platform, supported by major mining companies and Chinese steelmakers will launch this Wednesday, competing directly with China's new own platform in a race…
May 28, 2012 Australian mining community outraged by government’s decision to grant first ever right to hire foreign workers Australia’s decision to grant first ever right to hire foreign workers at the Roy Hill project in the Pilbara on Friday has sparked heated critics by local unions and the…
May 27, 2012 Big miners playing game of chicken as marginal producers sink below break-even Smaller miners are waiting for production cutbacks by the market leaders to prop up prices the way Saudi-Arabia comes to the rescue of oil producing nations whenever the crude price…
May 27, 2012 Granted first ever right to hire foreign workers Friday. Saturday shuns 14,000 locals queuing at jobs expo Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting which is hiring 1,700 foreign workers for the Roy Hill iron mine were absent from the Australian mining association job fair in Perth and so were…
May 27, 2012 Beijing iron exchange handled only 8 transactions in its first 3 weeks It has been a slow start for China’s first physical iron ore trading platform which was launched with the idea that it would give China greater influence on the price…
May 27, 2012 Rio Tinto chief dismisses China ‘doom’ Rio iron ore chief Sam Walsh said the miner expected China to grow eight percent this year and demand for minerals to hold up, dismissing downbeat talk about the Asian…
May 25, 2012 Rinehart wealth list tally is a bit rich Gina Rinehart is the richest woman in the world "with a wealth of $29.17 billion", declared this week's edition of BRW, prompting front-page headlines around the country and a possible…
May 25, 2012 Foreign workers to relieve labour shortage in Australia’s mining industry Australia’s government announced Friday it will allow a new mine to hire about 1,700 foreign workers to alleviate a labour shortage threatening the resources boom.
May 24, 2012 Rio Tinto awards over $1 billion in Aboriginal joint venture and direct business contracts for Pilbara expansions More than $1 billion in both Aboriginal joint venture and direct business contracts for Rio Tinto's Pilbara expansion projects have now been awarded over the last two years. The milestone…
Critical Metals expects to close Greenland supply deals in Q1 2026, CEO says The company has already pre-sold 75% of planned output, split between the US and Europe. December 31, 2025 | 12:08 pm
