November 4, 2016 South32 scoops up Peabody’s Metropolitan coal mine in $200m deal The deal includes a 17% interest in the Port Kembla Coal Terminal, south of Sydney.
November 4, 2016 CAT and Trimble to strengthen mining technology collaboration As part of the deal, CAT is expected to become the primary sales, marketing, distribution and support channel for Trimble’s Connected Mine platform.
November 4, 2016 Rio’s Simandou sale ‘could crush the price of iron ore’ "It would of obvious strategic benefit for China to control a major iron ore deposit and add new supply to discipline the market."
November 3, 2016 The world’s hardest working gold mines Ten gold mines that timed the gold price rally to perfection – Barrick owns four of them.
November 3, 2016 Glencore did better as commodity trader than miner in Q3 While output was down for most commodities it mines and sales, it has improved earnings forecast for its trading unit.
November 1, 2016 Glencore to reopen yet another coal mine in Australia The move comes only a few days after it resumed operations at Collinsville mine in Australia's Queensland state.
November 1, 2016 BHP Billiton jumps on the electric car bandwagon The world’s largest miner sees electric vehicles boosting copper demand.
November 1, 2016 More policy attention needed on artisanal mining — UNCTAD Artisanal and small-scale mining offers opportunities to generate jobs, reduce poverty, and provide livelihoods, but this sector has been largely ignored by policy-makers and donors, an UNCTAD official said.
November 1, 2016 Resin firing system leads way in strata control A system to stop mines from caving in will be used to safeguard new projects in Mongolia.
October 31, 2016 Aussie iron ore magnate Rinehart invests in UK’s biggest potash mine Sirius Minerals’ York mine is expected to be one of the world’s largest in terms of the amount of resources extracted, generating an initial 10 million tonnes of polyhalite per…
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