April 15, 2012 With 4 mega-projects sucking up $120 billion, BHP vows to ‘live within its means’ BHP's four largest projects – Olympic Dam, the Outer Harbour iron ore infrastructure project in Australia, expansion of its US shale gas operations and Jansen potash in Saskatchewan, Canada –…
April 13, 2012 Minerals Council of Australia restarts anti tax ad campaign The Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) resumed today an ad campaign initially launched in July last year, attacking alleged hikes on the federal government's mining and carbon taxes.
April 13, 2012 US versus Australian mine manager salaries Today Jennifer Leinhart of CostMine sent me these two volumes: 2011 Survey Results: U.S. Coal Mine Salaries, Wages and Benefits 2011 Survey Results: U.S. Metal & Industrial Mineral Mine Salaries,…
April 12, 2012 Mine closure sends warning to unions The shock closure of the Norwich Park mine sends a powerful warning to unions that mining giants can shut sites even in a resource boom.
April 12, 2012 Glenstrata would stay number one in zinc even after losing 0.5 Mtpa in Canada in 2013 A full merger of Glencore and Xstrata, now before shareholders, will make the group the world's biggest zinc producer, with a controlled output of about 1.6 million tonnes and a…
April 12, 2012 Essar plans to buy coking coal mines in Africa, Australia Essar Steel is planning to acquire coking coal mines in Africa or Australia to help the company that has few captive sources of crucial raw materials integrate backward to protect…
April 12, 2012 Rio, BHP iron-ore output to drop Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton are set to report lower-than-expected iron-ore output for the March quarter after heavy rain and cyclones disrupted operations in Australia.
April 12, 2012 Sandvik Mining signs major project orders At the end of March, Sandvik Mining signed three major materials handling contracts with customers in Latin America and Australia.
April 12, 2012 Lynas wins a battle, but war with Malaysians who oppose rare earth plant goes on In what could be considered a slight victory for embattled Australian rare earths miner Lynas Corporation (ASX:LYC), the Malaysian High Court ruled today against a request to review a recent…
April 12, 2012 New high grade silver/zinc hits on Kalgoorlie’s doorstep Junior explorer McPhersons Resources is hoping to exploit the strong silver price to develop a mine on the southern doorstep to Australia's historic gold mining capital of Kalgoorlie.
Copper price racks up longest rally since 2017 with bulls at the helm Futures have rallied by more than 40% this year, setting up the biggest annual advance since 2009. December 30, 2025 | 09:12 am
