April 24, 2014 Platinum strike doesn’t get to spoil Anglo American’s first quarter results Platinum output fell by nearly 40% as a consequence of a more than three-month strike over pay in the sector South Africa.
April 24, 2014 First seabed mine to go ahead as Nautilus solves dispute with PNG Under the agreement, the Papua New Guinea government paid Nautilus $7 million, which entitles it to a 15% stake in the project, with an option to increase it by another…
April 23, 2014 Barrick-Newmont merger could be as good as gold The new gold giant would have a market value of $33 billion, operations on five continents, and a gold output of well over 12 million ounces a year.
April 23, 2014 BHP cuts ribbon at its $3.6bn Jimblebar iron ore mine expansion The mine has an initial annual production capacity of 35 million tonnes and is a key part of BHP's plans to lift capacity from its Pilbara operations to 220 million…
April 22, 2014 Australia’s $6.5bn Oakajee project backer holds long record of shady businesses The Oakajee port and rail project has the potential to become one of the major suppliers of Australian iron ore to Asia.
April 20, 2014 US first rare earth mine in decades may be in Wyoming At the moment about 90% of the world’s rare earths —used in a variety of industries including green technology, defence systems and consumer electronics— come from China.
April 18, 2014 One more reason iron ore price won’t stray too far from $120 Beijing's strategy to consolidate the domestic iron ore industry under six to eight large miners has been met with skepticism.
April 17, 2014 China, Japan and ‘mystery local billionaire’ potential developers of Oakajee project While the WA government is favours Chinese capitals, Australian junior Padbury Mining says it has secured $6.5 billion to take over the project, but refuses to reveal backer's name.
April 16, 2014 Fortescue misses expectations, vows to step up output to meet target Australia's third biggest iron ore miner won’t give up on its full year export target of 127 million tonnes.
April 16, 2014 Australia to begin exporting uranium to the Middle East The deal, signed in 2012, could see Aussie miners exporting up to 800 tonnes of yellow cake a year to the Middle East by the end of the decade.
Sundance Resources loses arbitration over Congo iron ore permit revocation Congo's government revoked Sundance subsidiary Congo Iron's permit in December 2020 and awarded it to Sangha Mining Development. January 26, 2026 | 11:05 am
