May 16, 2012 General Electric to buy up mining specialists Industrea and Fairchild International General Electric (NYSE: GE) announced it is pursuing acquisitions of two underground mining equipment manufacturers in support of the global expansion of its mining business.
May 16, 2012 Feminist group crashes mining meeting in Australia A group of bearded women belonging to the feminist group La Barbe, crashed last night's Melbourne Mining Club meeting to congratulate the mining industry for its exclusion of women and…
May 16, 2012 AREVA and Mitsubishi co-operate on Australian uranium exploration AREVA and Mitsubishi Corporation, through their respective subsidiaries Afmeco Mining and Exploration Pty Ltd (AFMEX) and Mitsubishi Development Pty Ltd (MDP), have decided to work together in a uranium exploration…
May 15, 2012 BHP Billiton puts its money on the iron ore market and China BHP Billiton Ltd. (NYSE:BHP) is betting on the iron ore market as one of the forces to drive the mining industry in the next decade, especially as developing nations such…
May 15, 2012 Junior company hoping to extend Kalgoorlie’s Golden Mile The heartland for gold mining in Australia - Kalgoorlie's Golden Mile - will have the southern extension revisited after decades on inaction.
May 15, 2012 Up to 8 bidders eyeing Ivanhoe Australia gold/copper mine stakes Two sources with knowledge of the matter say second-round bids are due later this month, with preliminary interest seen from Anglo American, OZ Minerals, Vedanta Group and Aditya Birla Group.
May 14, 2012 India plagued by problems acquiring foreign mines India is not China when it comes to successful acquisitions of foreign mining companies, reports the Wall Street Journal.
May 14, 2012 Coal industry jeopardizing humpback whales in Australia Humpback whales may be the main victims of Australia's thriving coal industry, according to a study published on the May issue of the Marine Ecology Progress Series journal.
May 14, 2012 Canadian Cameco to buy German nuclear fuel company Nukem for $136 million Canadian company Cameco, the world's largest uranium miner, has signed a deal to buy Nukem Energy, a German company that trades nuclear fuel products and services, for $136 million in…
May 14, 2012 Australian coal miners fail trying to reopen Ebenezer mine Australian protestors fighting the reopening of the Queensland Ebenezer mine by Zedemar Holdings, are considering an appeal after the Supreme Court dismissed their claims.
Rio Tinto’s fourth-quarter iron ore, copper output beat estimates Despite the comeback performance, Rio Tinto is still in danger of losing the top producer spot to Brazil's Vale. January 20, 2026 | 02:08 pm
