March 28, 2019 Australia launches Critical Minerals Strategy 2019 focused on innovation and tech The plan puts emphasis on emphasis on agritech, aerospace, defense, renewable energy and telecommunications.
March 26, 2019 The mining industry has had it easy for far too long — opinion Industry and congressional opposition to altering the mining law have combined to make it maddeningly difficult to reform. This may be changing.
March 25, 2019 Osisko Metals re-analyzes Key Anacon, seeks greenfield targets The company has applied an innovative geological analysis of the Key Anacon deposit and the Bathurst Mining Camp, and pinpointed 10 new greenfield exploration targets.
March 25, 2019 Australian miners see some impact from two cyclones, clean up begins Businesses affected included those in the iron ore export hubs of the Pilbara region, as well as Rio Tinto's bauxite operations in Weipa to the east.
March 22, 2019 Argo confirms historic grades at Woco in Ontario Three holes cut 132 grams gold per tonne over 1.8 metres from 87 metres downhole.
March 22, 2019 Glencore suspends Australian zinc mine as cyclone nears Authorities have declared a state of emergency in the region as Tropical Cyclone Trevor nears.
March 20, 2019 Champion Iron hunts high grade zones at Powderhorn The company says the data acquired in 2017 and 2018 demonstrates the presence of a 50-metre thick zinc-bearing unit with several high grade lenses.
March 20, 2019 Cyclone lurks off West Australia as storm hits Rio mine in East Cyclone Trevor is expected to rapidly strengthen as it moves into the Gulf of Carpentaria, and is forecast to skirt South32 Ltd.’s manganese mine and a Glencore-operated zinc project
March 20, 2019 Zinc price builds on 2019 rally as stocks reach just 2 days consumption Inventories are down 55% this year and are on course to reach levels last seen in 1990.
March 19, 2019 Kinross takes 9.7% stake in Wolfden Resources The two companies will form of a committee to explore Wolfden’s Pickett Mountain volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) deposit in Maine.
Copper poised for best year since 2009 after December surge All six base metals on the LME are headed for annual gains in a year that’s seen an array of supply-side pressures. December 24, 2025 | 10:11 am
