February 25, 2015

Massive drop in mining exploration funding in Western Australia, survey finds

Mining companies in Western Australia have massively reduced their exploration budgets, a new survey has found.

February 24, 2015

South Africa drops out of top 10 in Africa for mining investment

Namibia and Botswana top the latest mining investment attractiveness index for the continent and move into top 25 worldwide.

February 24, 2015

BHP pins hopes on spin-off South32

In the second half of 2014 the businesses bound for South32 generated $5bn worth of revenue and almost $890m of earnings before interest and tax.

February 24, 2015

Fipke, Ulansky take uranium hunt outside the Basin

Chad Ulansky cut his teeth on Ekati, Canada’s first diamond discovery, but it’s uranium that he’s hunting for now in Canada’s frozen North.

February 24, 2015

Canada’s Saskatchewan second only to Finland as world’s top mining destination

The potash and oil-rich province was placed at the top of the Fraser Institute's annual rank of mining companies.

February 23, 2015

South Australia govt backs uranium mining

The draft terms of the reference for SA's royal commission into the role of nuclear power should investigate the costs of uranium mining, conservationists say.

February 23, 2015

Fission Uranium Corp. Acquires Shares of Fission 3.0 Corp.

Fission Uranium Corp. announces that it has acquired 22,000,000 common shares in the capital of Fission 3.0 Corp.

February 23, 2015

Uranerz expands Wyoming uranium project

Nineteen new wells have been added to Uranerz's Nichols Ranch in situ leach (ISL) uranium project and work is under way to develop a fifth header house and associated wellfield…

February 21, 2015

Chinese firm close to start mining uranium in Namibia

Once fully operational, the Husab mine will have the potential to produce 15 million pounds of uranium oxide.

February 20, 2015

Video: John Kaiser proposes a new system for financing junior miners

Kaiser believes the easiest way to bolster the sector, which exists to provide capital to find and develop new mines, is to abolish Accredited Investor Exemption rules that currently restrict…