March 24, 2019

Rio Tinto halts rail, mine operations in Western Australia as cyclone hits

The suspension comes after Rio, BHP, and Fortescue on Thursday cleared their ships from ports ahead of Cyclone Veronica.

March 22, 2019

Glencore suspends Australian zinc mine as cyclone nears

Authorities have declared a state of emergency in the region as Tropical Cyclone Trevor nears.

March 21, 2019

Australia’s Jervois to choose nickel-cobalt JV partner by end of 2019

Jervois, whose management is made up of ex-Glencore executives, is developing the Nico Young deposit in southeastern Australia.

March 21, 2019

Australia clears iron ore ports, miners brace as cyclones approach

The northwestern ports of Port Hedland, Dampier and Ashburton were beginning to clear anchorages and berths.

March 21, 2019

BHP steps up efforts to win battle for Ecuador’s copper riches

The world’s largest miner has signed an earn-in and joint venture deal with Canada’s Luminex Resources over the Tarqui copper project.

March 20, 2019

Imperial Metals pulls ‘a rabbit out of the hat’ with Red Chris deal

Investors ‘flabbergasted’ at $1.1b stake taken in Red Chris mine by Australia’s Newcrest.

March 20, 2019

Cyclone lurks off West Australia as storm hits Rio mine in East

Cyclone Trevor is expected to rapidly strengthen as it moves into the Gulf of Carpentaria, and is forecast to skirt South32 Ltd.’s manganese mine and a Glencore-operated zinc project

March 20, 2019

Data scientists and geoscientists offered A$1m to predict next big mineral deposit in South Australia

The idea is to speed up the exploration lifecycle and allow miners to analyse information at a much faster rate than before.

March 20, 2019

Australian scientists developing tool capable of delving deeper into Earth’s rock layers

The experts from Curtin University say the mechanism promises to be crucial for the country's mining and petroleum sectors.

March 20, 2019

Rio Tinto halts operations at north Australian bauxite mine as cyclone nears

Weipa bauxite mining operations are located at the northeastern tip of the country.