December 2, 2015 Mining exports continue to support Australia’s growth Despite tougher market conditions, Australian miners have continued to drive record export volumes.
December 1, 2015 Gina Rinehart’s Roy Hill iron ore mine readies for first shipment Roy Hill iron ore mine will soon start exporting the steelmaking material, just as prices hit a fresh seven-year low.
December 1, 2015 BHP Billiton to slash copper production costs, increase output The miner expects to lower production costs to $1.08 per pound during the 2017 financial year, from a projected $1.21 per pound in the year ending June 2016.
November 30, 2015 Even the iron ore price will bottom Big three close to falling victim to their own scorched earth strategy.
November 30, 2015 SPIE expands its footprint in Australia with a contract for QGC’s first project in the world to turn gas from coal seams into liquefied natural gas SPIE Oil & Gas Services Pty Ltd (formerly Plexal Group), will provide maintenance services to QGC (Queensland Gas Company), a BG Group business, to ensure a world class, lean and…
November 30, 2015 Rio Tinto conducts inaugural rough diamond viewings in India Rio Tinto’s diamonds business has just completed its inaugural rough diamond viewing at the India Diamond Trading Centre in Mumbai’s Bharat Diamond Bourse.
November 30, 2015 Up to 20,000 mining jobs gone in Australia by 2018 — report Mining investment in Australia is forecast to fall a further 58% the next three years.
November 30, 2015 Iron ore keeps falling, drops below $43 a tonne If that sounds bad, then you might not want to hear that the most-active iron ore futures in Singapore sank Monday below $40 a tonne for the first time ever.
November 27, 2015 Toxic elements found in water weeks after Brazil’s mine disaster — Vale Company confirms that the Institute for Water Management in Minas Gerais (IGAM) found levels of arsenic, lead and other toxic elements many times higher than the legal maximums along the…
November 27, 2015 Rio Tinto to go ahead with $1.9 billion bauxite project in Australia The Amrun mine is expected to open in 2019 and initially produce 22.8 million metric tons of bauxite a yera.
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