December 24, 2012 China’s Shandong Gold snares majority stake in Australia’s Focus Minerals Deal is the biggest transaction of its type for a mid-tier gold miner in recent years
December 24, 2012 Western Australia expects four more uranium mines over next ten years State premier gives firm support to uranium mining despite federal approval delays
December 24, 2012 Potash West lodges provisional patent application for processing breakthrough Potash West is working on its revolutionary glauconite-to-fertiliser Dandaragan Trough project located to the north of Perth in Western Australia.
December 23, 2012 Mining costs soar as productivity languishes, superfluous staff proliferate Excess sub-contractors and outdated construction techniques lead to cost blowouts and project delays
December 22, 2012 BHP rejects $50 million offer for Port Hedland resort BHP Billiton has turned down a AUD 50 million offer from a consortium of investors for a collapsed resort project at Port Hedland. BHP's move is expected to lead to…
December 22, 2012 Iluka appoints 2 new non-executive directors to board Iluka Resources has appointed James Hutchison Ranck and Greg Martin as non-executive directors to its board.
December 21, 2012 Chinese withdraw from $3bn iron ore project in Western Australia State-owned company to shut its Perth office and withdraw most of its staff
December 21, 2012 Resource nationalism assumes more insidious forms Tactics shift from frank expropriation of assets to increased royalties and stricter procurement requirements
December 21, 2012 B2Gold to merge with CGA Mining Vancouver’s B2Gold, one of Business in Vancouver’s top three fastest-growing companies this year, announced that its shareholders voted to approve the company’s merger with CGA Mining, based in Perth, Australia.
December 20, 2012 A coal factsheet for the future Here are some of the other startling highlights from the IEA’s Medium-Term Coal Market Report 2012 Factsheet.
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