March 28, 2012 Workers for rival miners brawl at pubs A Port Hedland pub has banned patrons from wearing work uniforms due to rising tensions between the workers of rival Pilbara mining companies.
March 28, 2012 AuRico Gold dumps Australian mines for $105 million AuRico Gold pulled the trigger on its Australian operations on Tuesday, selling the Stawell and Fosterville mines to Crocodile Gold Corp for up to $105 million.
March 27, 2012 BHP’s Marius Kloppers makes 30 best CEOs in the world list (again) Why? For mining the stuff for making China.
March 27, 2012 La Mancha posts record net earnings of $36.1 m and record operating cash flow of $89.4 m for 2011 In 2011, La Mancha made headlines within the investment community by demonstrating, through a DFS and increased resources, our potential to quickly grow into an intermediate gold producer.
March 27, 2012 Australian coal workers to strike at BHP Bowen Basin mines Workers at BHP Billiton's (BHP.AX: Quote) seven Bowen Basin coal mines in Australia will go on strike beginning Tuesday night following unproductive negotiations over work conditions with the company, the…
March 27, 2012 Entree Gold upgrades and expands resources at Ann Mason "With over 5 billion pounds of copper estimated at the indicated level and another 3.5 billion pounds estimated at the inferred level, Ann Mason should now be recognized as a…
March 27, 2012 Xstrata’s Wandoan thermal coal mine gets court go-ahead Queensland's Land Court has recommended the state government approve Xstrata Coal's thermal coalmine at Wandoan, in the Surat Basin, deeming objections based on its likely contribution to climate change ''irrelevant''.
March 27, 2012 Rio diamond mines may be on the block London-based diversified miner Rio Tinto (LON:RIO) is taking a page out of BHP Billiton's playbook and is looking at selling some or all of its diamond mines.
March 26, 2012 World’s largest coal company muscling in on world’s largest metallurgical deposit "Shenhua is the most competitive bidder for the project given its technology, transport infrastructure, access to the Chinese market and the backing of the Chinese government," Shenhua CEO Ling Wen…
March 26, 2012 La Mancha’s measured and indicated resources more than double to 4.8 million ounces of gold equivalent Dominique Delorme, President and CEO of La Mancha, noted: "Having quadrupled our resource base to nearly 5 million ounces of gold equivalent since 2007, it is exciting to see that…
South32 posts nearly 17% jump in quarterly manganese output The world's biggest manganese producer produced 1.3 million wet metric tons of the steel additive for the December quarter. January 21, 2026 | 02:06 pm