Australia’s Queensland resumes uranium mining
Nuclear energy production and waste disposal remain under a ban.
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Goldcorp slashes costs 30%
Vancouver-based company drives all-in costs down to $852/oz and also beats expectations with $1.1 billion in quarterly revenue.
Aussie model’s naked war on coal
Robyn Lawley, Australian fashion model and environmental campaigner is using social media to protest the approval of a massive new coal mine in Queensland.
Aussie miners new dilemma: ore reserves up, exploration down
Half the firms surveyed by PwC reported an increase in their reserves compared to the previous financial year.
Barrick mothballs Pascua-Lama
Toronto-based miner has already spent $5 billion on the Chile-Argentina project first launched in 2006.
Coal exporters not backing down despite glut; could China enter the market too?
No signs of production slowdown in major coal-exporting countries.
Activist Casablanca Capital wins battle for Cliffs
The fund, with just a 5.2% stake in Cliffs, has vowed to sell or spin the miner's international operations.
Robust copper price prompts switch to aluminum
It's a trend already established in China where only 25% of insulated and overhead cables use copper versus 60% in developed economies.
Will the KSM project suffer the same fate as Pebble?
Potential problems in the horizon for Seabridge Gold's proposed gold, copper, silver and molybdenum mine in northern British Columbia, just 30 km from the Alaska border.
