October 18, 2013

Chile’s Collahuasi boosts Anglo American results, logs copper record

Anglo's Collahuasi copper mine more than doubled output to 63,600 tonnes, way above analysts’ expectations.

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."