May 21, 2017 Drilling begins on property adjacent to 125,000-oz Kyrgyzstan gold mine Initial drilling is designed to intersect an area which was previously drilled in the former Soviet republic between 1970 and 1990.
May 18, 2017 Coal transfer facility challenged in Federal Court A decision is expected within six months.
May 18, 2017 China successfully mines flammable ice from the South Sea During the mining trial done at a depth of 4,153 feet, engineers extracted each day around 16,000 cubic metres of gas, with methane content of up to 99.5%.
May 16, 2017 Turquoise Hill revenue surprise lifts shares 6% Vancouver-based company's Mongolian copper and gold mine expected to be the world's third largest after underground expansion.
May 16, 2017 BHP’s Mackenzie, Elliot Management face off US activist investor steps up pressure on BHP to ditch petroleum. Mackenzie says company already knows what to do to lift value by 50% and double return on capital.
May 15, 2017 BHP ditching ‘Billiton’ in $10 million rebranding move Move comes on the heels of calls from shareholders including activist investor Elliott Management and Australia’s Tribeca Investment Partners for a change of BHP's corporate structure.
May 14, 2017 China and India on aggressive electric vehicle push China and India are rolling out plans to dramatically accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs), initiatives that have prompted the IEA to take notice and promise a review its…
May 10, 2017 Philippines to keep mining law intact, despite new minister appointment The new head of the environment office, Roy Cimatu, has however said he believed it was possible to balance mining and natural resources protection.
May 9, 2017 Glencore puts Tahmoor coal mine up for sale Market rumours point at South32 as the most likely buyer, since the miner decided last month to ditch its $200 million acquisition of Peabody Energy’s coal mine in New South…
Iamgold’s Lemelin thanks mentor for Africa option Bruno Lemelin recalls his first Iamgold boss urging him to join Essakane in Burkina Faso as regional politics began to unravel. December 26, 2025 | 05:00 am
