November 12, 2018 Gold production up 60% over last year at RNC Minerals’ Beta Hunt mine Year-to-date October 31, 2018 mined gold ounces was 71,957.
November 11, 2018 Second Australian iron-ore train derailed in less than a week Thirty empty ore wagons ran off the tracks in the southern part of Western Australia on Sunday.
November 9, 2018 Rio’s Argyle pink diamonds tender breaks record The 2018 collection of the finest pink, red and violet diamonds continued its trajectory of double-digit price growth.
November 8, 2018 BHP to meet iron ore commitments despite train derailment – CEO The miner suspended its rail operations after the incident that wrecked track and left a locomotive and wagons upturned nearly 120 km south of Port Hedland.
November 8, 2018 Australia state to roll out new mine rehabilitation rules Queensland state is set to unveil proposed resource regulations that will require miners to pay into an "insurance fund" for the remediation of old mines.
November 7, 2018 BHP says Port Hedland iron ore reserves not expected to cover derailment disruption The global miner expects to have partial rail operations back up and running in about one week.
November 6, 2018 3D visualization to ramp up speed, accuracy on drilling projects Seequent and IMDEX are collaborating to integrate IMDEX HUB-IQ, which provides access to sub-surface data.
November 6, 2018 Nutrien permanently shutters New Brunswick plant Nutrien says it will focus on increasing potash production in Saskatchewan where operating costs are lower and no capital needs to be invested.
November 6, 2018 Australia’s Port Hedland iron ore shipments to China fall 12% in October The October figure was also down 7 percent from the same month a year earlier, according to port figures.
November 5, 2018 BHP suspends Western Australia rail operations after runaway train incident BHP suspended all its iron ore rail operations on Monday after a train ran away at high speed for nearly 100 kilometres before being forcibly derailed.
Iamgold’s Lemelin thanks mentor for Africa option Bruno Lemelin recalls his first Iamgold boss urging him to join Essakane in Burkina Faso as regional politics began to unravel. December 26, 2025 | 05:00 am
