October 12, 2012

Marifil resumes operatorship of Las Aguilas

John Hite, President of Marifil, comments: "While we are disappointed that Prophecy Platinum has elected not to move forward with Las Aguilas, we remain excited about the property and the…

October 11, 2012

INFOGRAPHIC: Nickel, where form meets function

While best known for it's use in the 5 cent coin, nickel has farm more strategic uses.

October 7, 2012

China uncovers large nickel reserve

Officials expect reserves to grow

October 5, 2012

Kloppers offloads $5 million BHP stock. Don’t worry it’s just a tax thing

At the same time the 50-year-old boss of the world's number one miner also pocketed 300,000 BHP shares worth more than $10 million thanks to the company's employee share incentive…

October 5, 2012

Asteroid-mining firm hiring “space nuts” and interns

Google’s billionaire co-founders and filmmaker James Cameron’s owned asteroid-mining focused Planetary Resources is hiring interns for 2013.

October 2, 2012

The “boom” might be over but Kiwis still flock to Australia

A record number of skilled New Zealanders involved in trade are leaving their country to take up higher paying jobs in Australia.

September 29, 2012

Ancient Buddhist statue found in Tibet carved from meteorite

A Buddha statue looted by Nazis in Tibet in the 1930s was carved from the Chinga meteorite, which crashed to the Earth 15,000 years ago, revealed Elmar Buchner of the…

September 28, 2012

Norilsk Nickel approves capex cuts for 2012

MMC Norilsk Nickel has announced that the company’s board of directors has approved a reduction in investment expenditure for 2012, as proposed by the management.

September 28, 2012

NASA takes asteroid mining seriously; funds viability study

Only five months after Google’s billionaire co-founders and filmmaker James Cameron officially launched their asteroid mining focused Planetary Resources company, the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is funding…

September 28, 2012

Colombia renews controversial mining contract with BHP

The debated contract, that has Colombian authorities divided over the terms under which BHP Billiton should operate the Cerro Matoso nickel mine, found a momentary solution this week after the…