February 19, 2013 Australian opal mining town on brink of collapse: miners The local region contains the world's largest deposits of black opals as well as other opal gemstones.
February 19, 2013 Top 10 gold companies in 2012 Seven out of 10 companies faced decreases in their attributable gold output.
February 18, 2013 Carroll: Minas Rio, Grosvenor protects Anglo from takeover Two greenfields projects will throw off cash.
February 18, 2013 Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest continues fight to preserve family land Aussie mining billionaire doesn't want exploration on his family land.
February 17, 2013 Drop in iron ore prices to hit BHP profit again The mining giant's profit is expected to slide for the third consecutive on Wednesday, driven mainly by last year's plummeting iron-ore price.
February 16, 2013 BHP-owned Aussie coal mine to lock workers out again BHP Billiton-owned Appin coal mine in southern Australia will lock out its workforce Sunday amid tense negotiations with supervisors over a new corporate agreement.
February 16, 2013 Goa mulls banning all new iron ore projects Officials claim Goa should be focused instead on exploiting existing low-grade iron ore dumps worth billions.
February 16, 2013 Vista Gold done with Phase 1 of water treatment at Australian project To date, Vista had invested over $9 million in the water treatment programme and the construction of the automated management system, at the Mt Todd mine site in Northern Territory,…
February 15, 2013 The worst mining deal ever: Rio Tinto buying Alcan for $38.1B Rio Tinto paid a 65% premium.
February 15, 2013 China, Ghana gold production spike, others fall The top 10 gold producing countries mined out 1,799 tonnes of the precious metal which is 2% more than in 2011.
Mercuria signs copper concentrate offtake agreement with Bulgarian miner The agreement is for 100% of copper concentrate produced at the Ellatzite mine in 2026. December 30, 2025 | 08:42 am
