October 30, 2019

Mining’s unlikely heroines – Greta Thunberg and AOC

Exponential expansion of global mining is the dirty little secret and glaring blind spot of Green New Deal evangelists and zero-carbon climate warriors

October 30, 2019

Danakali earmarks $1.8m to get Eritrean potash project off the ground

The Australian miner is still targeting 2019 to start Colluli potash project execution.

October 30, 2019

Australia to review environmental protection act

Delays in EPBC decisions are estimated to cost the economy around $300 million a year and frustrate both business and environmental groups.

October 29, 2019

Australia considers funding for rare earths projects — minister

Australia is aiming to develop six critical mineral industries that it sees as key to future technologies and where it has large mineral reserves.

October 29, 2019

Rio Tinto says miners need to do more on the environment. Here’s how

Opinion: Mining companies are generally quite good at promoting social projects undertaken in the communities in which they operate, but full disclosure could show how much the mining companies' support…

October 28, 2019

Rio Tinto says miners need to leverage technology as scrutiny of the industry rises

Technologies such as autonomous rail-cars and increased automation can lower the impact of the industry on the environment as well as raise profit margins, the company said.

October 28, 2019

Newcrest eyes deeper mines, smaller footprint with block caving

Newcrest is tapping big data and block caving to delve deeper into the earth's crust for mineral riches that just a handful of years ago would have been too costly…

October 25, 2019

Newmont Goldcorp board approves Tanami expansion 2 project

The Tanami expansion project is anchored on the expansive Auron deposit.

October 24, 2019

Fortescue bumps up free cash flow on premium iron ore

FMG has been raising the mix of premium feed in its shipments with the addition of its West Pilbara Fines product.

October 24, 2019

Australia’s Galaxy Resources to cut lithium production

Australian lithium producers have been cutting supply amid plummeting prices in recent months.