February 19, 2019 BHP urges miners to create global body to oversee tailings dams CEO Andrew Mackenzie said it was too early to say what impact the recent Vale tailings dam disaster will have on efforts to restart BHP and Vale's jointly owned Samarco…
February 17, 2019 Australian mine to host first of its kind clean energy storage facility Terramin's Angas zinc mine will host a 5 MW Advanced Compressed Air Energy Storage facility.
February 17, 2019 Recommissioned Aussie mine dispatches first nickel concentrate shipment to China Panoramic Resources' first shipment from the Savannah mine contained 7,735 wmt of nickel/copper/cobalt concentrate valued in approximately $6.1 million.
February 15, 2019 Not so autonomous: Wifi outage results in driverless truck crash at Fortescue mine One of the trucks was traveling at low speed and ran into another that was parked at its Christmas Creek iron ore mine in Australia's Pilbara region.
February 14, 2019 Technology to redesign 77% of Australian mining jobs over next five years — report An injection of A$5 billion to A$13 billion in workforce capability will be needed over the next decade.
February 13, 2019 Australia’s South32 posts 18% jump in half-year profit A surge in metallurgical coal output and stronger commodity prices helped boost its bottom-line.
February 13, 2019 Newcrest Mining H1 profit surges 104% on strong gold production The rise was buoyed by an increase in gold production and lower cost of mining.
February 13, 2019 Australia flooding to disrupt lead, zinc concentrate rail shipments The 1,000 km (620 mile) rail line is used by miners including Glencore, MMG Ltd and South 32 to carry zinc and lead concentrate from the Mt Isa region.
February 12, 2019 World’s largest mineral exploration alliance welcomes MICROMINE The world’s largest mineral exploration collaboration, MinEx Cooperative Research Centre (CRC), has welcomed MICROMINE as the sole software provider to be involved in the landmark project. MICROMINE will provide information…
February 12, 2019 Bougainville’s $58B gold-copper mine rights safe for now as Mining Act changes rejected The autonomous Papua New Guinea region of Bougainville has rejected controversial changes to its mining law.
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
