ARANZ Geo Limited, developer of Leapfrog® 3D modelling software and other solutions that turn geological data into understanding, today announced it has appointed two senior executives to strengthen their management team. Mads Moller joins as Director of 4D and Value Added Services and Tim Kerr joins as Marketing Manager.

Despite current adverse conditions, advisory firm Behre Dolbear is recommending mining stakeholders to focus on markets that have been able to ride the wave relatively well so far.

The Energy Information Administration (EIA) recently released data on the history of America’s energy supply, sorted by the share of each energy source.

The goal is to develop an image algorithm that can classify material in a gold mine as high, medium or low grade ore, or waste.

New South Wales planning authorities say a scaled-back plan to extend the life of Anglo’s Drayton South open-cut mine in the Hunter Valley can be approved, but with certain conditions.

As prices for the company's four key "pillar" commodities —iron ore, metallurgical coal, copper and oil and gas — have all dropped to multi-year lows in the past 12 months.

The European Union’s competition watchdog is investigating alleged “anticompetitive behavior in precious metals spot trading,” a spokesman said.

We're not in 2008 – plotting global economic growth against commodity prices shows metals and mining sell-off is disconnected from realities on the ground.

Canadian junior and mid-tier mining companies also raised 62% more capital in the second quarter than in 2014.