June 18, 2015

The rare earth challenge

While not especially rare and not really earths, there is no doubting the difficulties in mining and processing the rare earth group of metals, or their importance to the global…

June 17, 2015

Iron ore price rally just gave miners ‘false hope’

Iron ore price declines to resume as Shanghai rebar drops to record low Wednesday with bears calling rally just a blip before prices retreat to $40s again.

June 16, 2015

The world’s top 10 gold mines

Together these giant gold operations produce more than 10 million ounces per year.

June 16, 2015

Mining industry inertia will come at a price

PwC's John Gravelle on the mining industry's austerity drive, price realities and declining exploration spending.

June 16, 2015

What is next for key technology investments in the mining industry?

Timetric data from over 630 mines across six regions, highlights a range of investment priorities in different areas of technology.

June 16, 2015

NGOs question Nautilus Minerals report on seafloor mining ‘minimum’ impacts

They are calling the company's shareholders “not to pay the price of ignorance” when it comes to investing in the Solwara 1 deep sea copper, gold mining project in Papua…

June 12, 2015

Rio Tinto mulls $300M writedown as uranium mine expansion cancelled

Operations ceased at Ranger in 2011 and the underground expansion project was the only hope of future mining at the site.

June 11, 2015

Toro Halves Debt In $12m Deal With Major Shareholder, The Sentient Group

Uranium developer, Toro Energy Limited is pleased to announce the signing of a binding terms sheet with major company shareholder, The Sentient Group that will enable Toro to repay in…

June 11, 2015

Mine financing: 2015 off to dismal start

A third of money raised is destined for Canadian projects while Australia's share of global total drops to only 5%.

June 10, 2015

Producers rally on soaring iron ore price

Iron ore rallies again after Vale CEO predicts 200 million tonnes of Chinese production shutting down and seaborne market growing to 1.44 billion tonnes.