October 17, 2013 Nautilus Minerals to open second seafloor mine by 2017 As its flagship Solwara 1 project, the new one is also in located in Papua New Guinea’s Bismarck Sea.
October 17, 2013 PNG: The gold producing country nobody was talking about, until now PNG's gold industry contributes a higher proportion to the the country's economy than the sector does in any other major mining country in the world.
October 17, 2013 Dairy company one step closer to opening coal mine Fonterra received approval for New Zealand coal mine through its subsidiary Glencoal Energy.
October 15, 2013 Record iron ore production for Rio Tinto in Q3 Copper output also rising, cost-cutting measures exceeding expectations.
October 15, 2013 Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest donates $65 million to universities Donation comes as part of 'Giving Pledge' to donate half of his fortune to charity.
October 15, 2013 Rio Tinto restarts negotiations with Mongolia over Oyu Tolgoi Rio Tinto has tried to get approval from Mongolia for its financing proposal since last winter, but the government has not yet offered a direct reply.
October 14, 2013 Prices and protests: gold miners’ war on two fronts Gold has dropped over $500/oz and protest movements against gold miners around the world, with the help of social media, have become more prominent.
October 14, 2013 Mining majors rerate as China, iron ore price defy gloom Big 4 enjoy huge market value gains as the price of their most profitable product and the prospects of their number one customer continue to recover.
October 14, 2013 Queensland wait times for exploration approval cut in half “Mining is one of the key pillars of the Queensland economy and streamlining this process will let resource companies get on with business."
October 14, 2013 Rio’s Argyle Phoenix diamond fetches $2 million "We are delighted with the results for the 2013 tender collection which are a reflection of their rarity, provenance and global reach."
Copper price racks up longest rally since 2017 with bulls at the helm Futures have rallied by more than 40% this year, setting up the biggest annual advance since 2009. December 30, 2025 | 09:12 am
