January 11, 2019 Ranger uranium mine closure to cost over $200m more than expected The clean-up is now predicted to cost A$808 million — A$296 million (about $213m) more than ERA's initial A$512-million estimate.
January 10, 2019 Anglo American betting on South America to grow base metal assets Anglo American has obtained hundreds of permits to explore in the Brazilian states of Mato Grosso and Para.
January 10, 2019 Fire batters Rio Tinto’s Cape Lambert iron ore export terminal The port is one of two terminals Rio Tinto uses to ship iron ore from Australia's Pilbara mining region.
January 8, 2019 Kirkland Lake gold production hits record high The Canadian gold miner announced record gold for both 2018 and the fourth quarter of the year, thanks mainly to higher-than-expected output at its Australian Fosterville mine as well as…
January 7, 2019 Canada’s Cobalt 27 goes after lithium with royalty acquisition Cobalt 27 will put in about $9 million into a share of production at Mineral Resources and Jiangxi Ganfeng Lithium's Mount Marion lithium project in Western Australia.
January 4, 2019 Top 3 reasons to avoid running project cost estimates in-house There are real costs associated with conducting project cost estimates in-house.
January 2, 2019 Tropical cyclone hits far North Australia near Rio Tinto mine Tropical Cyclone Penny slammed into the far north coast near Rio Tinto Group’s Weipa bauxite mine, triggering warnings of flash flooding and damaging winds.
January 2, 2019 Cobalt 27 to acquire ASX-listed Highlands Pacific The acquisition, valued at $96 million, will increase Cobalt 27’s exposure to nickel through the Ramu nickel-cobalt mine in Papua New Guinea.
January 2, 2019 Blackwater founder launches fund to invest in electric car battery metals The founder of the US private security company aims to raise as much as $500 million to invest in deposits of metals such as cobalt, lithium and copper.
December 31, 2018 MINING.com top 10 most read in 2018 The attention of the mining industry has shifted.
South32 posts nearly 17% jump in quarterly manganese output The world's biggest manganese producer produced 1.3 million wet metric tons of the steel additive for the December quarter. January 21, 2026 | 02:06 pm
