February 11, 2016 Rio Tinto swings to loss, blames metal prices slump The world’s second biggest mining company has scrapped its dividend policy as a result.
February 10, 2016 Hope fades for three gold miners trapped underground in South Africa The three workers were trapped on Friday morning, when the lamp room where they were on duty collapsed into an 80-metre hole.
February 9, 2016 Indonesia sends team of experts as worker still trapped at Newcrest mine The incident happened at Gosowong's Kencana mine — the same area where two men were trapped underground for eight days in December 2010.
February 9, 2016 Mining services’ life support running out in Australia This year is shaping as a tipping point that will see company collapses increase, insolvency and industry experts say.
February 5, 2016 European consortium launches Blue Nodules project On 1 February a European consortium launched a new Horizon 2020 project: Blue Nodules. This project addresses the challenge of creating a […]
February 5, 2016 Milbank awarded for Oyu Tolgoi mining deal representation During the PFI Awards Dinner held in London on Feb. 3.
February 5, 2016 Mining among unhappiest industries to work in — study Experts looked at over 500,000 survey responses from over 60,000 employees in 13 different industries worldwide.
February 5, 2016 Three missing after South African gold mine collapses, trapping 87 Trapped miners were brought to the surface through ventilation shafts.
February 2, 2016 Anglo American risks eviction from FTSE 100 FTSE 100 reweighting to take place in March.
February 1, 2016 Canada’s Royal Nickel turns producer with two acquisitions Picks up private Australian nickel and gold mine and stake in Manitoba copper mine from VMS Ventures.
South32 posts nearly 17% jump in quarterly manganese output The world's biggest manganese producer produced 1.3 million wet metric tons of the steel additive for the December quarter. January 21, 2026 | 02:06 pm