May 29, 2016

Botswana’s first uranium mine gets environmental nod

Australian company A-Cap Resources (ASX:ACB) is a step further to developing Botswana's first uranium mine, after the government approved its environmental impact statement (EIA).

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

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 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 20, 2016

Japan ‘swimming against current’ when it comes to phasing out coal

Report shows that Japan is the only G7 country seeking to build new coal-power plants.

May 17, 2016

Fission Assays Show Potential to Connect Zones and Expand 2.58km Trend

New high-grade mineralization on the 2.58km mineralized trend

May 16, 2016

Mongolia to pay $70 million owed to Canada’s Khan Resources

Move comes on the heels of Rio Tinto’s decision to resume work on a $5.3 billion expansion of the Oyu Tolgoi copper mine, following a three-year delay due to disputes…

May 11, 2016

Miners going broke – worst still to come

New report says mining and metals companies set to default on debt at more than three times the historical rate going back to 1983.

May 11, 2016

Japan risks wasting US$56bn in new coal-fired power stations — report

According to the University of Oxford’s Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, Japan’s plants are set to become stranded assets as a result of overcapacity and cheaper power sources,…