October 20, 2020

Zinc8, SmartConsult partner on Australia renewable energy project

The company wants its zinc-air flow battery technology to be part of Australia’s quest to eliminate greenhouse gas-producing power generation.

October 20, 2020

BHP scraps $2.5bn Olympic Dam expansion plan

It has decided against the brownfield expansion project after studies of the ore body revealed weaker than expected results.

October 19, 2020

BHP posts 7% rise in iron ore output, flags production hit in Q2

The world's largest listed miner said it produced 74 million tonnes (Mt) of Western Australia Iron Ore in the three months ended Sept. 30.

October 19, 2020

Mining billionaire Forrest buys famed Australian bootmaker RM Williams

The Fortescue founder paid a reported price of $135 million to buy the manufacturing icon.

October 16, 2020

MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week

BHP says Chinese coal customers have made deferment requests; Newcrest approves Cadia’s expansion; Newmont CEO not interested in returning to Rio Tinto.

October 16, 2020

Rio Tinto vows reform as Australian lawmaker accuses industry of cultural genocide

CEO said miner made key changes since heritage blasts.

October 16, 2020

Glencore in nickel supply talks with EV battery makers

Demand for nickel is forecast to surge in coming years as companies from Tesla to Volkswagen add to their lineups of electric models.

October 16, 2020

Top miners, University of Queensland join to research coarse particle processing

Newmont, Anglo and Glencore are now part of the Collaborative Consortium for Coarse Particle Processing Research.

October 15, 2020

Newmont CEO not interested in returning to Rio Tinto

Prior to joining Newmont in 2014, Tom Palmer spent two decades at Rio.

October 15, 2020

Lucapa’s Mothae diamond mine richer than thought

Lucapa said Mothae's indicated diamond resource increased by 6.8 million tonnes to 9.2 million tonnes.