April 16, 2019 Australia’s flood-damaged Mt Isa zinc railway to reopen April 29 The 1,000-km rail line is used by miners including Glencore, MMG Ltd and South 32 to carry zinc and lead concentrate.
April 16, 2019 Australia’s Lynas posts 33% jump in Q3 rare earths output amid takeover interest Output of rare earths oxides in the quarter ending March 31 was 5,444 tonnes, compared with 4,110 tonnes produced last year.
April 15, 2019 Latest Orica Digital Platform Features Help Boost Productivity and Blasting Quality Melbourne, Australia: Orica (ASX: ORI), the world’s largest manufacturer of commercial explosives and innovative blasting systems, today announced the release of new features to their digital blast optimisation platform, BlastIQ™.
April 15, 2019 Newmont-Goldcorp $10B merger to close this week Deal creates the world’s largest gold producer by market value, output and reserves.
April 15, 2019 Rio Tinto injects another $302m into Resolution copper project in Arizona Investment will go towards more drilling, orebody studies, infrastructure improvements and permitting activities.
April 11, 2019 Coal’s collapse crowns winners and losers from China to the US It’s been a stormy month for benchmark coal prices in Asia, with the potential for reverberations across the globe.
April 11, 2019 Newmont shareholders overwhelmingly approve $10B Goldcorp takeover, creating world’s top gold miner Deal creates the world’s largest gold producer by output, robing Barrick of its recently cemented supremacy.
April 11, 2019 Australia to host battery research centre The centre will investigate opportunities for greater efficiencies in the extraction and refinement of battery minerals.
April 10, 2019 Australia’s New Century Resources quarterly zinc output jumps 50% The company churned out 18,170 tonnes of zinc metal in the March quarter.
April 10, 2019 Lynas board turns down $1.1B Wesfarmers bid The rare earths miner said its board had concluded it would not engage with retail and industrial conglomerate Wesfarmers, stating its unsolicited takeover offer undervalues Lynas' intellectual property.
CHART: Friday massacre for mining stocks but copper price pulls out of nosedive Historic down day for gold and silver prices caused double digit losses for precious metals stocks but copper miners came off relatively lightly. January 30, 2026 | 06:21 pm
