October 10, 2017

Elliott tours BHP investors in renewed push for radical shake-up – sources

Representatives from Elliott have in the last month met with major BHP investors based in London, South Africa and Australia to lay out the activist fund's arguments for an overhaul…

October 10, 2017

Iron ore dangerously close to $60 a tonne

Ongoing concerns that looming steel production cuts in China on environmental grounds will sap steel mill demand continue to weigh on prices.

October 10, 2017

Australia state kills plan to hike gold mining tax over job fears

Proposal sought to raise hundreds of million of dollars in additional taxes on gold mining, but industry warned the step would spark job losses.

October 10, 2017

A world first at Roy Hill

RCT and Roy Hill have joined forces to ensure safety at the prominent mine site.

October 9, 2017

Mercury from the northern hemisphere reaches Australia

By tracing the air backwards in time, the scientists found that high-mercury air travelled over the Indonesian archipelago before arriving in Australia.

October 8, 2017

Newcrest Mining looks to solar at Cadia mine as power prices soar

Newcrest Mining chief executive Sandeep Biswas says the gold miner is examining whether a solar farm could be installed at it flagship Cadia mine in NSW to help insulate the…

October 8, 2017

New program in Queensland aims to attract 3,000 new mining jobs

The Queensland Government is getting behind a pilot program that, together with an industry group, is hoping to bring thousands of mining equipment and services positions to the Bowen Basin…

October 8, 2017

Australians protest Carmichael coal mine in ‘national day of action’

Australians opposed to the Adani Group's Carmichael coal mine in the Galilee Basin of Queensland expressed their displeasure at the project on Saturday.

October 6, 2017

Russia takes advantage of China’s North Korea coal ban

As North Korean imports of anthracite coal have waned with sanctions, those from Russia have soared.

October 6, 2017

Top iron ore exporter sees price dipping below $50 a tonne by 2019

Australia’s Department of Industry, Innovation and Science sees iron ore prices averaging $50 a tonne next year, and dropping to $49 a tonne in 2019.