August 27, 2012 Design & Build are opening a Perth office in September Directors Neil Colquhoun and Matt King today announced the launch of the Design & Build Perth office, with the doors of the St Georges Terrace office officially opening on Monday…
August 26, 2012 A pity prosperity depends on mining Reducing mining investment is not collateral damage from the carbon tax: it is integral to achieving its objective of shrinking the carbon […]
August 26, 2012 Iron Ore-Slump extends; ore below $100, Shanghai rebar at record low Shanghai steel futures stretched their losing streak to a 10th day on Friday, hitting a record low and giving steel producers more […]
August 25, 2012 The toll from mining tin BusinessWeek profile the horrific conditions in Indonesian tin mines, where largely destitute miners extract ore with shovels and picks.
August 24, 2012 Rinehart’s $6.4 billion coal mine project gets the green light Environmentalists such as Greenpeace have condemned the mine's approval as claiming, it will mean an unacceptable rise in vessels passing the Great Barrier Reef, impacting air quality and native flora…
August 24, 2012 BHP chews over ways to expand iron ore production in Australia The world's number one miner, BHP Billiton, wants to leave the news of its first decrease in annual profit in three years behind by focusing on finding the most lucrative…
August 24, 2012 Australian resource minister declares mining boom over, then backtracks Less than 24 hours after Australia's minister for resources and energy declared that the country's mining boom had come to an end, he appeared saying he was misinterpreted, and that…
August 22, 2012 BHP ditches Olympic Dam as profit tumbles The world's number one miner, BHP Billiton, has delayed its $30 billion Olympic Dam copper-uranium expansion and said no major projects would be approved until June 2013 as it tries…
August 21, 2012 Two massive diamonds in Angola dazzle investors and brighten up local industry The Australian diamond company Lonrho Mining dazzled investors Tuesday as the company confirmed the finding of two huge diamonds from the Lulo project, in northeastern Angola.
August 20, 2012 Australia’s Queensland coal industry hits new wall as Yancoal reviews expansion Already running at a loss or struggling to stay in the black, most thermal coal mines in Australia's Queensland are now facing additional challenges as exports drop and major projects…
Iamgold’s Lemelin thanks mentor for Africa option Bruno Lemelin recalls his first Iamgold boss urging him to join Essakane in Burkina Faso as regional politics began to unravel. December 26, 2025 | 05:00 am
