May 20, 2016

Aussie mines too costly to shut

Mine sales stumble on looming clean-ups

May 19, 2016

Harvard, IMF economist: Emerging markets must go for gold

If all central banks were to hold at least 5% of forex reserves in gold (versus 60%+ in rich economies) it would require the purchase of almost 8,000 tonnes

May 19, 2016

Prospect generation – making mining into a numbers game

A concept born from two facts: mineral exploration is extremely capital intensive, and just 1 out of 3,000 mineralized anomalies became a mine.

May 18, 2016

Lulo diamonds sell for A$2.9 million

Special diamond recoveries continue at E46 as mining resumes at Mining Block 6 post the wet season

May 18, 2016

Australia’s miners ‘missing in action’ in Colombia

Australia’s resource houses are “missing in action” in Latin America’s third largest economic powerhouse – Colombia – and should move post haste to rapidly lift their engagement with the mineral…

May 18, 2016

Australia’s Crusader in financing talks to build new gold mine in Brazil

The Juruena mine, in central Brazil, is estimated to hold an initial resource of 178,800 ounces of gold.

May 18, 2016

Thailand to shut only active gold mine by end of May — report

Chatree remains in operations despite and order by the country's military regime last week to halt all gold mining and exploration activities.

May 17, 2016

Copper purification system to cut shipping costs

South Australian company OZ Minerals has designed a refining process that allows it to increase the quality of its copper concentrate and exponentially reduce export costs.

May 17, 2016

Aussie firms back push to drive Argentina to world No 2 lithium supplier

There are fresh opportunitis to explore for new lithium resources in the rich Latin American footprint, says Latin Resources Managing Director, Chris Gale.

May 16, 2016

Australia’s geoscientist employment slump enters its third year

Employment prospects for Australia’s professional geoscientists deteriorated even further in the opening quarter of 2016, driven down by mining’s negativity and dashing hopes for an improvement in the geoscientist employment…