May 1, 2019

Wesfarmers bets on electric cars with $544m bid for Australian lithium miner Kidman

The offer of A$1.90 per share represents a premium of 47.3% to Kidman's last closing price.

May 1, 2019

World Bank, Germany, Rio and Anglo set up “climate smart” mining fund

The World Bank is targeting a total investment of $50 million, to be deployed over a 5-year timeframe.

May 1, 2019

Australia iron ore exports rebound in April, but not enough

Australian exports were about 69.1 million tonnes in April, up 20% from 57.5 million tonnes in March.

May 1, 2019

GFG to spend up to A$100m on Australian copper, iron ore developer

GFG is building up a South Australian franchise to its global steel and energy business.

May 1, 2019

Yancoal gets green light for massive expansion at Australian mine

This will allow the miner to increase Cameby Downs thermal coal mine's output from 2.8 million tonnes a year to 3.5 million.

April 29, 2019

Australia’s Newcrest Mining posts 8% rise in Q3 gold output

Total gold production for the three months ended March 31 came in at 623,124 ounces compared with 575,791 ounces a year ago.

April 29, 2019

Metso to deliver equipment for Codelco’s El Teniente expansion

El Teniente is the world’s largest underground copper mine as well as the largest operation of the Chilean state-owned copper mining company Codelco.

April 29, 2019

Australia’s Alliance Mineral inks key lithium deal with Chinese EV firm

Joint venture with Jiangxi Special Electric Motor, a major Chinese maker of engines for electric vehicles, will allow Alliance to participate in the downstream lithium products market without having to…

April 28, 2019

Still a way to go to achieve gender balance in the mining industry

According to the Responsible Mining Foundation, most of the companies assessed show little or no evidence of efforts to strengthen the gender balance of their leadership and governance teams.

April 28, 2019

Iron ore miners should take advantage of high prices and improve their credit scores: Fitch

The credit ratings and research division of the Fitch Group says producers should take advantage of the current environment of lower supply, healthy demand and higher prices.