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.

March 22, 2013

Mine in Brazil set to produce gold 1/3 below average industry cost

Brazil mine to produce gold at 1/3 global average cost.

March 21, 2013

Being ‘good looking’ will land you a mining job in Indonesia

An Indonesia-based coal miner posted an ad asking for “good looking” single females under 25.

March 21, 2013

Australia sees iron ore prices only getting worse

The country's commodities forecasting agency expects average price to fall to $90 a tonne over the next five years.

March 19, 2013

How earthquakes create gold deposits instantaneously

Study shows that gold deposits are created instantaneously through a process called 'flash vaporization'.

March 19, 2013

Conviction sell: Rio downgrade gives entire iron ore sector a bloody nose

Goldman Sachs sees significant earnings declines at world number two miner.

March 19, 2013

Rio Tinto, Xstrata to slash over 100 coal jobs each

Rio and Xstrata are not the only miners rethinking their coal business in Australia. Vale and BHP are reportedly on the same page.

March 18, 2013

Mining industry to solve lack of skilled workers with technology: study

International mining executives believe the industry is in the midst of a transition from a blue collar to a white collar workforce.