August 19, 2014 Aussie mining tycoon Palmer’s aversion to China just went a bit too far Clive Palmer has come under fire for labelling the Chinese government “mongrels” and “bastards” on national television.
August 19, 2014 The BHP show obscures Australian mining’s deeper problems Australia's non-bulk mining industry "will die without a strong pipeline of projects moving to development stage," says study.
August 19, 2014 BHP shares hammered on demerger, profit miss World's number one miner hopes to save $3.6 billion spinning off aluminium, coal, manganese, nickel and silver assets into new company.
August 18, 2014 Demerged BHP may not hold on to coal assets for long: analysts The division contributed just $746 million of the $21.12 billion earnings BHP reported for the 2013 financial year.
August 18, 2014 US firm claims Australia’s biggest oil find in 30 years Apache Corp. says the discovery may herald a new oil “province” for Australia.
August 18, 2014 Rio Tinto weighs stake in closed Papua New Guinea copper mine The miner is reviewing all options on its 53.83% stake in Bougainville Copper, the operator of its Paguna mine, which has a potential gold and copper resource worth over $60…
August 18, 2014 Oz Minerals unveils PFS for $22 billion copper-gold mine Looking for partners for $3 billion project in South Australia forecast to produced 114,000 tonnes of copper and 117,000 ounces of gold a year.
August 18, 2014 Newcrest posts second year of major loss Production up and costs down, but asset impairment at Papua New Guinea mine results in $2.2 billion statutory loss for Australian gold miner.
August 18, 2014 BHP spinoff could be worth $12 billion Speculation is of a new Perth-based company with current CFO Graham Kerr at the helm housing non-core assets including Australian lead-silver mine.
Iamgold’s Lemelin thanks mentor for Africa option Bruno Lemelin recalls his first Iamgold boss urging him to join Essakane in Burkina Faso as regional politics began to unravel. December 26, 2025 | 05:00 am
