August 18, 2011 Expansion of Cerrejon Coal: BHP to spend US$437 million BHP Billiton today announced approval of a US$437 million (BHP Billiton share) investment to expand the Cerrejon Coal mine in La Guajira, Colombia. BHP Billiton’s investment represents one third of…
August 18, 2011 Forrest faces complaint on sex claims Mining magnate Andrew Forrest's comment that young Aboriginal girls in the Pilbara are offering men sex for cigarettes has prompted a complaint to Australia's human rights watchdog. Five women from…
August 18, 2011 Protesters disrupt NSW mining conference Tensions over mining and coal seam gas (CSG) exploration have boiled over at a mining conference in Sydney, with activists warning rural NSW could soon resemble an industrial wasteland. As…
August 18, 2011 BHP plans rail line in threat to its biggest supplier Global miner BHP Billiton is looking to build a new rail line between some of its inland Australian coal mines and the coast in a move that could threaten dominant…
August 17, 2011 Kalimantan Gold – Jelai update As announced on February 15, 2011, Kalimantan Gold Corporation Limited (TSX VENTURE:KLG)(AIM:KLG) (the "Company") executed a definitive option agreement (the "Deed") with Tigers Realm Minerals Pty Ltd. ("Tigers") an Australian…
August 17, 2011 EPA approves huge increase in production for WA mine company A mining company in WA's Mid West has just been given environmental approval to increase its production by over two thousand per cent.
August 17, 2011 Green lobby seeks coal mine ban for Cape Powerful green lobby group The Wilderness Society will pressure Labor and the LNP to rule out coal mining in Cape York ahead of the next Queensland state election. The environmental…
August 17, 2011 Rio Tinto halts operations at two Australian iron ore mines after death World no. two iron ore producer Rio Tinto announced on Wednesday it is suspending operations at two mines in Pilbara, Western Australia following the fatality of a worker. "Operations at…
August 17, 2011 Rio Tinto strikes it rich – at the box office The world's number two miner provided funding and logistical support as far back as March 2010 for Red Dog, a movie about a kelpie roaming the mining towns of the…
August 16, 2011 Rio Tinto agrees to union collective agreement first time in 20 years Mining union members have approved a three-year collective agreement with Rio Tinto, ending two decades of union exclusion from the company's Pilbara operations.
Vale faces renewed safety concerns after mine water overflows The incidents, near the towns of Ouro Preto and Congonhas, left no injuries, the companies and Minas Gerais' government said. January 26, 2026 | 01:57 pm
