BMT WBM, a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, has announced the development of an innovative modification and repair scheme which will dramatically improve the fatigue performance of cluster joints on existing tubular dragline boom designs. Once implemented, this modification can significantly reduce maintenance and inspection workloads for tubular boom draglines with long-term deterioration of existing clusters.

China's Citic Pacific's $8 billion magnetite mine in Australia has finally gone into production.

Canadian crude industry badly affected by increased government scrutiny of deals and a slump in the price of bitumen-derived oil.

If any of the two bids is successful, Las Bambas will be China’s largest acquisition of an overseas copper asset.

Bidders for its Clermont mine in Australia want too much of a bargain.

Chemical reagents metered include methyl isobutyl carbinol, sodium isopropyl xanthate, sodium carbonate.

And only 22% of companies have any sort of succession plan in place.

The venture, named X2 Resources, seems to be a clear effort to replicate Davis’s success at Xstrata.

While it may not be a major challenge for mid-tier miners with established operations, it would be "prohibitive" for smaller players, analysts say.