Definitive Feasibility Study suggests Husab (Rossing South) uranium project could develop into one of the three largest uranium mines in the world […]

Both gold and silver are having a bull run in India, but silver is definitely having the better run of late and […]

The former Vale executive, who has previously led the group’s Canadian nickel operations, will take up the post on May 22 and […]

As Molycorp refurbishes and ramps up its Mountain Pass facility, the company hopes the acquisition of Estonia’s AS Silmet provides a short-term […]

One of the world’s largest potash producers, Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan (PotashCorp) has teamed up with joint venture partners, Redpath and Thyssen Mining in the newly formed Associated Mining Construction (AMC) for the first new potash mine shaft in Saskatchewan to have been built in over forty years - Scissors Creek.

Finning International has announced that its Canadian division has been selected as the mining equipment supplier by Thompson Creek Metals Co for […]

Kinross Gold, recently cashed up from its stake sale in Harry Winston Diamond Corp., has now agreed to pay $350 million for full ownership of the Kupol mine in Russia. The mine would account for about 17% of Kinross' gold equivalent production in 2011. Reuters reports: Gold miner Kinross Gold Corp. said it signed an agreement to buy the stake it does not already own in Chukotka Mining and Geological Co for about $350 million, giving it full ownership of the Russian mining company.

Western Australia could struggle to find the people needed to exploit the biggest mining boom in more than a century, the West Australian reports, because of fly-in, fly-out workers heading to other parts of Australia.

As Premier Colin Barnett called for increased immigration, including guest workers, to deal with skills shortages in WA's north, a BIS Shrapnel senior analyst warned that competition with Queensland to man projects was so intense that WA could lose out to its fellow resources State.

Australian Mining has announced that a new online forum has been developed to discuss issues of the skills shortage in the mining sector in Australia.

Mining for Skills, developed by Manpower, is an online forum hoping to engage people and companies at all corners of the resource industry, from government and resource companies to recruitment professionals and job seekers.