October 2, 2011 Substition hurts rare earth demand Subsitution is driving rare earth demand down, according to analyst Dudley Kingsnorth speaking at an industry conference in China. Kingsnorth is executive director of Industrial Minerals Company of Australia. Dudley…
October 2, 2011 Rio Tinto says targets for boosting female numbers ‘vital’ The mining industry finds it difficult to attract and retain senior women. Narelle Crux, talent management head at Rio Tinto, tells Louisa Peacock how the company is working to change…
October 1, 2011 BHP Billiton chairman buys up another $500,000 stake JACQUES Nasser, for the second time in a month, has bought shares in BHP Billiton on the New York Stock Exchange. The chairman paid about $29.50 a share for scrip…
October 1, 2011 Perth Mint unveils new 2012 Australian gold and silver coin series You do not have permission to edit press release in Printer-friendly versionPDF version The Perth Mint unveiled two new series, the 2012 Australian Lunar gold and silver bullion coin series…
October 1, 2011 Rio Tinto battles to win over Mongolian public By ULAN BATOR, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Global miner Rio Tinto is fighting a legacy of bad publicity as it tries to persuade the Mongolian public a $10 billion copper…
September 30, 2011 Sedgman wins A$85 million Codrilla coal handling contract The Thiess Sedgman Joint Venture (TSJV) has been awarded a A$85 million contract to design, procure, construct and commission a Coal Handling and Preparation Plant (CHPP) at the Codrilla coal…
September 30, 2011 PNG nickel mine ready to start dumping 200 million tonnes of waste in ocean Despite a rancourous dispute with local landowners over compensation and infrastructure upgrades and an appeal against a Papua New Guinea High Court ruling approving the dumping, Australia's Highlands Pacific on…
September 30, 2011 BHP Biliton: China, India to Spur Global Demand for Steel-Grade Coal Close to 70 pct Fast-developing and emerging market leaders China and India will push the global demand for raw steel-making ingredients by as much as 68 percent between 2010 and 2025, according to mining…
September 30, 2011 Rio Tinto Fighting for Hearts and Minds in Mongolia Global miner Rio Tinto is fighting a legacy of bad publicity as it tries to persuade the Mongolian public a $10 billion copper deposit it took over from Ivanhoe Mines…
September 29, 2011 Finland is the least risky place to mine; Australia comes 7th Country risk is one of the most important factors in mining, and a new study ranks Australia as the seventh best place to mine in terms of risk. Topping the…
Copper at heart of probable Rio bid for Glencore: RBC A premium of 15% to 30% to Glencore’s early January share price could get the deal done, RBC analyst said. January 18, 2026 | 06:47 am
