August 15, 2012 Faith in BHP’s Outer Harbour fading fast New doubts have emerged over world number one miner BHP Billiton's (LON/ASX/NYSE:BHP) $20 billion outer-harbour project at Port Hedland, Australia, with big names such as JPMorgan and Deutsche Bank saying…
August 14, 2012 UN study to examine impact of Australian mining industry on aboriginal communities A study undertaken by the UN on the impact of the global resources sector on the world's indigenous communities is set to make the Australian mining industry an area of…
August 13, 2012 NSL’s Australia thermal coal project permit granted NSL Consolidated (ASX: NSL) announced Monday it has been formally granted the first of its four thermal coal exploration tenements, EPC 2198, in the Eromanga Basin in southwest Queensland, Australia.
August 13, 2012 Archeologists uncovered treasures at Rio Tinto coal mine Some of the oldest aboriginal artifacts have been discovered at Rio Tinto's Warkworth coal mine in Australia’s Hunter Valley.
August 13, 2012 Sinking coal prices force major job cuts in Australia Xstrata Coal confirmed Monday it has cut a number of jobs from its coal mining operations in Australia, due to sinking prices for both coking and certain kinds of thermal…
August 12, 2012 Open-cut gold mine triggers worries for Australia’s Wombat forest Environmentalists and the local community of central Victoria, Australia, are angry at the Department of Primary Industries for allowing Queensland-based company Fortitude Mining to go ahead with its gold exploration…
August 11, 2012 Myanmar is open for business and ready for a gold rush Myanmar —until recently called Burma— is slowly but steadily starting to attract foreign investment, driven mainly by international resource firms eager to tap into the mineral-rich South East Asia's country.
August 10, 2012 Analysts say dump Lynas Analysts from Foster Stockbroking told investors to purge their shares in rare earths miner Lynas Corporation as there is no end in sight for the ongoing problems that have forced…
August 9, 2012 Mine Site Technologies opens new global headquarters in Sydney Mine Site Technologies (MST) has officially opened its new global headquarters facility in Sydney, NSW, Australia.
August 9, 2012 Xstrata to lavish $260,000 on every resident of tiny Australian town Wandoan, with a population of less than 380 people, could get about $106 million from mining giant Xstrata if the Swiss company decides to go ahead with its $6 billion…
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
