April 21, 2013 Pressured gold producers call for royalty relief Gold miners in Western Australia are calling on the State Government to provide the sector with royalty relief until prices improve.
April 18, 2013 Technological revolution set to change Australian mining industry Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) media release April 18, 2013.
April 18, 2013 Rio Tinto’s Walsh promises investors $5bn in cost savings Aside from selling assets and slashing jobs, Walsh said the company will improve performance at all operations.
April 18, 2013 Australia aims to be largest LNG exporter in 5 years The country's production will approach 90 million tonnes a year by 2018.
April 18, 2013 BHP Billiton announces new leadership team Company said the changes were necessary to drive its productivity agenda.
April 17, 2013 New silicon chip could blaze a trail for quantum computing Engineers at Australia’s University of New South Wales (UNSW) are using the nucleus of a single silicon atom as the base for […]
April 17, 2013 BHP keeps production guidance despite falling prices and bad weather Harsh weather during the first three months of 2013 wasn't enough to knock the mining giant off course.
April 17, 2013 Rio Tinto coal mine extension turned down in Australia Court cites environmental and social concerns for overruling approval.
April 16, 2013 Rio Tinto copper output hit hard by Utah landslide, to fall 20% The giant miner revealed, however, a spike in first-quarter production, which sent the shares up 1.9% to 3,028p in London and received a pre-market gain estimated in 4.6% to $46.40…
April 15, 2013 Mining benefits for Australia highly exaggerated: report Study claims most Aussie mining and gas companies gloss over the environmental and health costs of major projects to gain the necessary approvals.
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