December 20, 2013

Mining starts at world’s second biggest uranium mine

With the announced capacity of 18 million pounds U308 per year, Cigar Lake will only marginally lag behind the world’s biggest uranium mine, the McArthur River in Saskatchewan.

December 19, 2013

IMAGE GALLERY: The leach tank break at Ranger Mine

Crumpled.

December 17, 2013

Steve Yuzpe and Maria Smirnova: Why Sprott Resource Corp. sold $76m in bullion

In this interview with The Mining Report, new Sprott Resource Corp. President and CEO Steve Yuzpe discusses where the company will focus its capital, and Sprott Asset Management Associate Portfolio…

December 16, 2013

Miners should launch a gold cartel or risk losing everything, advises Stephan Bogner

It's no surprise that Stephan Bogner advises investors to hold physical metals outside the banking system, but he also advocates mining companies keeping gold on their balance sheets and forming…

December 16, 2013

Rio Tinto says Chinese now make ‘much higher quality’ mining equipment

The CEO of world number two miner Rio Tinto said the quality of Chinese mining equipment is catching up and in some instances surpassing that of the major US manufacturers.

December 16, 2013

Australia’s promise to assist BHP with its Olympic Dam expansion

South Australian Premier, Jay Weatherill, has reproached the federal government for saying BHP could resume its Olympic Dam expansion within months, calling it a "cruel hoax."

December 16, 2013

Australian mining jobs sector still growing, but new skills needed, report finds

Employment in the mining sector will rise by 7.4% over the next four years, with the oil and gas sector providing the largest number of new jobs

December 15, 2013

Amid fierce political opposition, US uranium miner suspends mine plans

Decades-long ban on uranium mining in Virginia is proving very difficult to change.

December 12, 2013

Miners warned about Indonesia, Brazil, India and South Africa investments

Terrorism, regime instability and resource nationalism, are the main risks mining investors will face in 2014.

December 11, 2013

SLIDESHOW: The future of energy – Which countries are best prepared?

And which countries are least prepared?