January 22, 2019 Runaway train wreck, copper outages cost BHP $600 million Three incidents occurred during the second half of 2018 hit BHP's production volumes by 4 million tonnes of iron ore and 70,000 tonnes of copper.
January 21, 2019 Australia’s MOD rejects Sandfire bid as undervalued, willing to negotiate MOD is willing to engage with Sandfire and grant confirmatory due diligence if a compelling price is presented and capable of being supported by the board and shareholders.
January 21, 2019 BHP said to owe $215m in underpaid iron ore royalties to Western Australia State claims BHP used its wholly-owned Singapore marketing hub subsidiary to understate the price of iron ore sold Japan and China buyers.
January 21, 2019 Australia’s MOD rebuffs Sandfire’s $63m takeover bid, but willing to negotiate MOD also said it would raise about A$15 million via a share placement and rights issue, with the majority of the proceeds to be used to advance the T3 copper…
January 18, 2019 Record $93B private capital flows into natural resources But only sliver of funds raised destined for mining and metals
January 18, 2019 China’s slowdown is miners’ single biggest fear this year — report Based on answers from 51 senior executives, lawyers White & Case say that trade tensions are the second largest challenge for the mining industry in 2019 and reveal what the…
January 17, 2019 Rio Tinto 2018 iron ore shipments rise 2%, copper output jumps 33% Rio's 2018 iron ore shipments from Australia's Pilbara region totaled 338.2 million tonnes, compared to 330.1 million tonnes the year before.
January 16, 2019 Australia’s South32 Q2 metallurgical coal production nearly doubles Production of coking or metallurgical coal rose to about 1.6 million tonnes in the December quarter.
January 16, 2019 Robots go to the “bottom”: development forecasts for automated mining systems in 2019 It has always been difficult to bring miners to experiment in the production, which has been developing for centuries.
January 16, 2019 New software uses machine learning to refine loading and haulage processes The program was initially designed by a master’s student at the University of Western Australia.
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