December 3, 2019 New Gruyere mine officially opens in Australia The project, a 50:50 JV between Gold Road and Gold Fields is considered one of the largest gold discoveries in Western Australia in over a decade.
December 1, 2019 Blackstone Minerals partners with S. Korean firm for lithium ion battery production Ecopro BM, South Korea's largest ev battery cathode producer, will develop a downstream processing facility with Blackstone's Ta Khoa nickel project in Vietnam.
November 29, 2019 Australia’s Alita Resources plans for loan to repay largest shareholder Earlier this year, Galaxy Resources Ltd, Alita's biggest shareholder, had bought $28.8 million worth of debt in the cash-strapped miner.
November 28, 2019 Rio spending $4 billion on iron ore pipeline amid China demand Rio forecasts its iron ore shipments to rise as much as 5% in 2020.
November 28, 2019 ‘The revolution is ongoing’: Bougainville to revive radical mining proposal Under the proposed mining law amendments, Bougainville would take a 60% share in all projects and retain all mining licences, leaving a 40% share that investors can bid for.
November 27, 2019 Rio and Centre of Excellence to grow indigenous participation in minerals development in North America Rio Tinto is the first resources company to join the partnership with a contribution of A$1 million over 5 years.
November 27, 2019 BHP’s Henry signals new technology a focus in first speech Henry said a BHP team had built an Internet of Things sensor gateway, which collects real time data from sensors on mobile and fixed equipment.
November 27, 2019 Anglo American sells stake in Australian coal mine for $141m A 12% interest in the Grosvenor coking coal mine is being acquired by a consortium of Japanese companies.
November 26, 2019 Rio Tinto invests $749 million in Pilbara iron ore mine The company said the project is expected to deliver internal rate of return with a capital intensity of about $25 per tonne of production capacity.
November 26, 2019 Lynas close to securing funding for rare earths plant in the US Details about how it will fund the development of a heavy rare earths processing facility in Texas is expected to come by the end of February.
Copper price racks up longest rally since 2017 with bulls at the helm Futures have rallied by more than 40% this year, setting up the biggest annual advance since 2009. December 30, 2025 | 09:12 am
