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.

February 12, 2019

Northern Star shares up on better-than-expected exploration results at Alaska mine

The company’s stock closed Tuesday in Sydney 1.82% higher at A$8.97 on the news.

February 12, 2019

Inside the global iron ore crisis: What’s next in four charts

Iron ore’s dramatic rally will raise costs for steelmakers, potentially crimping their profit margins, unless they are able to pass on the additional burden to customers.

February 12, 2019

FLSmidth completes IMP buyout

The company said the acquisition is key to help miners in its portfolio know the ore characteristics within their mines.

February 10, 2019

Minerals Council of Australia calls for tax, workplace law reform

According to the industry group, such reform would encourage additional investment in capital and technology.

February 7, 2019

Osisko Mining owns the world’s best drill intersection of 2019

Windfall gold project in Quebec tops list and Global Atomic Corp's uranium project in Niger comes in second.

February 7, 2019

Australia’s Pacific National says coal train derailed, service impacted

A Yancoal spokesman said that its Moolarben Coal complex had been directly impacted by the train derailment but that it was too early to advise of any potential impact to…

February 7, 2019

Trilogy Metals, South32 increase exploration budget for Alaska projects

Each company will contribute an additional $1 million for exploration at the Upper Kobuk mineral projects.

February 6, 2019

Where is lithium coming from?

Market for lithium-ion batteries, utilized for example in electric cars and other electric equipment, is growing at an impressive annual rate of 20 percent. Due to increasing demand, a vital…

February 6, 2019

Glencore says heavy rain disrupts operations at two Australian coal mines

Major flooding has caused parts of Queensland to be declared disaster zones, resulting in two casualties and more than 1,100 evacuations.