December 28, 2011 W. Australia looks to China for iron ore project Western Australia invited China to invest in a A$5.94 billion (US$6 billion) port and rail project that aims to open up a new iron ore province in the state's Mid…
December 28, 2011 Protests and deaths in Indonesia force Australian gold exploration company to halt activities Arc Exploration Limited (ARX), an Australian gold mining exploration company with presence in Indonesia, has halted activities at a project in Bima, after a violent protest at the nearby port…
December 28, 2011 Freeport’s Grasberg copper-gold ops contractor under pressure Indonesian contractor KPI under pressure to settle with Unions to bring the strike at the massive Grasberg copper-gold mine to an end.
December 28, 2011 Lynas LampsUp-WA rare earths EPC contract Forge Group subsidiary Abesque Engineering has received a Letter of Award for the Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Commissioning Assistance (EPC) contract for Lynas Corp's LampsUp-WA project near Laverton in Western…
December 26, 2011 Australia told to make use of brown coal reserves It is reported that a mining company has told a parliamentary committee Victoria needs to make more productive use of its coal reserves. Exergen is lobbying the State Government for…
December 26, 2011 Thermal coal miner Ambre plans Australian public offer It is reported that thermal coal miner and exporter Ambre Energy is running a beauty parade of advisors for an initial public offering on the Australian Securities Exchange slated for…
December 26, 2011 Freeport Grasberg copper-gold mine striker return at risk Strikers at Freeport's massive Grasberg copper-gold mine in Indonesia who are supposed to go back to work this week after 3-months out may be delaying return over suspended workers.
December 25, 2011 2 killed in protest over Indonesia gold mine Two people have been killed and 10 others injured during a violent protest over a planned gold mine in eastern Indonesia. The victims were among nearly 1,000 people in Lambu…
December 23, 2011 Australia’s iron ore miner Fortescue inks deal with aborigines Australian iron ore mining company Fortescue Metals Group announced on Friday it had signed a land access agreement with the Njamal People for the North Star project in the Pilbara…
December 23, 2011 Court orders world’s largest gold producer to pay $140,000 for death of miner at Belle Mine The Perth, Australia, Magistrates Court fined Barrick Gold $140,000 Thursday for the death of miner Daniel Williams in August 2009. Williams fell into an ore chute at the underground mine…
BNP backs gold price to hit $6,000 as rally ‘makes sense’ The gold-silver ratio, while still lower than its two-year average in the 80s, has bounced back, said Wilson, BNP’s director of commodities strategy. February 10, 2026 | 03:14 pm
