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.

October 14, 2020

BHP says Chinese coal customers have made deferment requests

Chairman Ken MacKenzie confirmed information after reports that China had put a freeze on accepting Australian coal amid trade tensions between the two countries.

October 14, 2020

Newcrest shares solid as it starts trading in Canada

Shares in Newcrest were up almost 2% in pre-market trading in Toronto as the miner headed to its second day on the TSX.

October 13, 2020

China’s reported ban on Australian coal escalates dispute beyond mere nuisance

Ties between the two have been severely strained on a political level by Canberra’s call for an international investigation into the novel coronavirus pandemic.