March 30, 2013 Construction of $9bn Roy Hill iron ore mine kicks off, no $2-a-day workers needed The biggest Australian iron ore mine to emerge in decades would not employ any of the 1,700 foreign construction workers it had been allowed to import.
March 29, 2013 The curious case of the missing Chinese mining billionaire Chairman of mining group Hanlong, Liu Han's disappearance also highlights the dangers faced by Western firms trying to do business with Chinese tycoons.
March 28, 2013 US lobby warns Pentagon against further dependence on Chinese rare earths Governments around the world have become increasingly attentive to rare earths as their strategic value has become clearer.
March 28, 2013 Australian mining service companies in dangerous decline Central bank warns the national economy is also threatened.
March 27, 2013 INFOGRAPHIC: Mining sector has second largest gender pay gap The largest wage gap was in construction.
March 26, 2013 Ten mining experts you should follow on Twitter MINING.com's first 'Twitter Mining Top Ten' list.
March 25, 2013 Iron ore, met coal prices resilient despite powerful Chinese agency’s oversupply predictions The communist country's influential economic planning agency predicts oversupply of iron ore and moderate 4% steel production growth in 2013.
March 25, 2013 Australia’s big miners add more driverless trucks Companies want to reduce costs and protect profits against future price dips.
March 23, 2013 Australians develop new recovery method for platinum and palladium Technique could also be applied to purify rare earth elements.
Iron ore price nears best close since November on year-end metal rally The steelmaking ingredient advanced for a third straight session in Singapore, climbing nearly 1.8% to as much as $106.55 a ton in intraday trading. December 29, 2025 | 07:51 am
