August 11, 2011 Indonesia’s Newmont to start gold, copper exploration project Indonesia's Newmont Nusa Tenggara, a unit of U.S. miner Newmont Mining Corp is to start exploration work on a new gold and copper block in Sumbawa, West Nusa Tenggara, a…
August 11, 2011 Workers deserve their share of the wealth, too Employer groups should be handing out concrete umbrellas to their members, given how often they predict the sky is about to fall in. First, the mining tax would ruin us,…
August 11, 2011 Xstrata launches prefeasibility study for large, open-pit, polymetallic mine at Mount Isa Xstrata has approved the commencement of an AUD47 million (USD50 million) pre-feasibility study into the development of a large multi-commodity open pit mine on the existing Xstrata Mount Isa Mines…
August 11, 2011 Peabody Energy and Yanzhou Coal Mining Co. enter into technology agreement to increase coal recovery from North Goonyella Mine Peabody Energy (NYSE: BTU) today announced a new licensing agreement with Yanzhou Coal Mining Company for the installation of its Longwall Top Coal Caving (LTCC) technology to enhance recovery of…
August 10, 2011 Rio Tinto Alcan Weipa bauxite mine expansion a boon for Australia Far North © The Cairns Post THE $1.5 billion Rio Tinto Alcan bauxite mine expansion at Weipa has wide reaching economic, employment and export benefits which have been underestimated by the business…
August 10, 2011 BHP Billiton confident in China’s sustained growth BHP Billiton is confident about sustained growth in China despite the worldwide market turmoil, Chairman of the world's biggest miner said on Wednesday. Speaking at a business lunch in Sydney,…
August 10, 2011 Cockatoo to sell Taabinga AUSTRALIAN miner Cockatoo Coal has put its Taabinga thermal coal project in Queensland up for sale, an informed source said today, in the latest sign that deal-flow in the coal…
August 10, 2011 Banks, miners lead market recovery in Aus Financial and resources stocks led the local sharemarket's remarkable recovery at noon, with a number of blue chips trading at more than four per cent stronger. The big four banks…
August 10, 2011 International Coal readies to test Queensland coal targets Newly listed International Coal ( ASX: ICX ) has wasted no time with $7.7 million in hand to set its sights on an aggressive exploration program on its Queensland coal…
August 9, 2011 Richard Karn: Australian scandium could create new market Two junior explorers in Australia could dominate the world's scandium supply in the next two to three years, according to Richard Karn, managing editor of The Emerging Trends Report. In…
Former BHP executive to be appointed Chile’s mining minister Santiago Montt, who has a doctorate in law from Yale University, will be named to President-Elect José Antonio Kast’s cabinet in a ceremony Tuesday evening. January 20, 2026 | 10:57 am
