July 18, 2016 Mount Gibson’s new iron ore mine in Australia closer to final approval The approval of Iron Hill mine would the iron ore producer to remain in business for another two to three years.
July 15, 2016 Chinese eye Atlantic Canada’s lithium project Lithium prices have soared in the past year, and demand is set to outstrip supply by 2023.
July 14, 2016 BHP unlikely to reopen Samarco this year amid Brazil’s criminal probe The firm said about 40% of its Brazilian workforce would take voluntary redundancy to reflect reduced production.
July 13, 2016 Queensland mining industry backs action to fix coal worker health screening Queensland has released a final report into the re-emergence of coal worker pneumoconiosis, which confirms that a health screening system thought to protect underground coal workers has failed.
July 12, 2016 Glencore to sell Australian coal train fleet within 3 months It expects to fetch between $755 million to $1.1 billion for the nine trains, which carry coal from mines in NSW to port operations on Australia's eastern seaboard.
July 12, 2016 Iron ore skyrockets to nearly $60 per tonne Chinese import price for 62% iron content fines at the port of Qinqdao rose 6.7% to $59.38 a tonne, the largest one-day percentage increase since April 21.
July 11, 2016 Gold price rally helps producers climb world’s top 25 mining companies list Study shows there are more bullion miners among higher market capital ranking of mining companies in second quarter of 2016 than a year a go.
July 8, 2016 Australia slashes iron ore price forecast 20% Dept of Industry says loss-making mines are staying open for longer than expected aggravating oversupply.
July 8, 2016 High grade South Korean gold projects acquired under Southern Gold’s strategic overseas expansion A suite of high grade gold assets in South Korea, most of them historic underground or artisinal gold and silver workings, some of which extend over a large footprint, are…
July 8, 2016 BHP Billiton’s Olympic Dam set to reach highest copper production in a decade Red metal production at the copper-uranium mine is expected to hit around 230,000 tonnes by 2021, but there is potential for up to 450,000 tonnes per year.
Copper price racks up longest rally since 2017 with bulls at the helm Futures have rallied by more than 40% this year, setting up the biggest annual advance since 2009. December 30, 2025 | 09:12 am
