September 11, 2015

Iron ore price claims another scalp

Australia-listed Northern Iron warns of "material uncertainty of cash flow" and inability to extend debt maturities.

September 11, 2015

Botswana may soon have its first uranium mine

As Australian firm A-Cap Resources has applied for a mining licence for its flagship Letlhakane project.

September 10, 2015

Iron ore price closing in on $60

Another surge on Thursday as Chinese stockpiles continues to decline.

September 10, 2015

Rio saves $200m a year using robots, big data

Rio's already cut $1bn fat in the Pilbara–autonomous vehicles and data analytics will save another $200 million a year on maintenance over the next 3 years.

September 10, 2015

BHP, SaskPower partner to accelerate development of carbon capture and storage

The companies will share access to data and lessons learned from SaskPower’s Boundary Dam facility — the world’s first full chain power sector CCS project.

September 10, 2015

Australia’s struggling unemployed GEOs ask for visa crackdown to protect jobs

The high rate of unemployment among the geoscientists responsible for Australia’s ongoing mineral wealth discoveries has led to an implored plea to the Federal Government to protect local jobs with…

September 9, 2015

Iron ore price surges to 10-week high

Chinese iron ore futures soar 5% after government pledges to speed up infrastructure spending since some sectors like telecoms are only "30–40% completed".

September 9, 2015

Queensland’s ‘enough is enough’ job campaign gains momentum

Queenslanders are standing up for resource sector jobs through an online petition that has kick-started a campaign to close the legal loopholes that are tying up projects in red tape.

September 8, 2015

Copper price rallies 6%

Glencore's bold move and huge jump in Chinese concentrate imports light fire under copper price.

September 7, 2015

Campaign to save Australia’s coal sector heavily mocked in social media

The PR campaign praising the “endless possibilities” of coal in providing “light and jobs” has triggered a massive reaction among social media users.