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…

October 31, 2016

Mining jobs finally picking up in Australia

This is probably the headline most people who have lost their jobs in the last two years were dying to read.

October 31, 2016

Glencore closes another zinc mine

Black Star deposit at Mount Isa in Australia depleted after 13 years of operation.

October 28, 2016

Clinton, Australian anti-coal activists, and Wikileaks

According to Wikileaks, activists opposing Adani's Carmichael coal mine in Australia have been receiving funding from an American organization.

October 28, 2016

Peabody Energy in restructuring talks with lenders, stakeholders — sources

Peabody circulated a term sheet last week that implied the first lien debt would be impaired, prompting an organizational push, MINING.com has learned.

October 28, 2016

Deal to snatch gold mining crown eluding Newmont

Barrick says sale talks are "robust" but with strongest pipeline in gold mining Denver-based Newmont may soon become globe's top producer anyway.

October 28, 2016

$50 trillion in new investment needed to match global energy demand in next 20 years: Rio Tinto director

According to non-executive director Megan Clark, such investment would be needed to fund an energy market expected to grow by 40% through until 2035.