March 29, 2017 Miners to spend $21 billion on exploration by 2025 Equipment and services suppliers will have to wait at least another year until they can fully feel the impact of this trend, says CSA Global — the world's second-largest mining…
March 28, 2017 Rio Tinto appoints President of Diavik Diamond Mines Rio Tinto has appointed Patrick Boitumelo as President and Chief operating officer, Diavik Diamond Mines.
March 28, 2017 Rio Tinto may take over Pistol Bay’s uranium assets sooner than expected The world's second largest miner gave Pistol a $75K cash injection in an effort to own the Saskatchewan-based properties before the end of 2019.
March 27, 2017 Iron ore hits lowest price since early February The steelmaking ingredient has shed almost $10 a tonne in just a week.
March 27, 2017 US court cancels most of class action against Samarco over deadly dam burst Vale said the US District Court for the Southern District of New York annulled the majority of a class action lawsuit against the company and executives over the 2015 deadly…
March 24, 2017 How to build a mine There are three key components to building a mine, starting with a competent, experienced management team.
March 24, 2017 Making the grade: understanding exploration results The most exciting news from a mining exploration stock is a high-grade drilling result.
March 24, 2017 World’s first seabed gold, copper, silver mine to begin production in 2019 Canada’s Nautilus Minerals is getting closer to kicking off operations at its Solwara 1 gold, copper and silver project off the coast of Papua Guinea.
March 24, 2017 Iron ore price: Beijing bets $5B on stranded Pilbara deposits China’s premier Li Keqiang and Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull sign port and railway deal opening up vast new iron ore resources.
March 23, 2017 BHP’s Escondida mine strike becomes Chile’s longest, ends with no deal Workers ended their strike and invoked a rarely used legal provision that allows them to extend their old contract, which leaves them in the exact same situation they were before…
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