August 9, 2011 Australian workforce ‘too soft’, says mining company CEO A tough-talking mining company CEO is warning that Australia suffers from "rich country's disease" and is in danger of becoming a welfare state unless workers discover a "hunger for excellence."…
August 9, 2011 Stock market carnage spreads to Australia Australian stocks had plunged by more than four per cent at noon, following falls of over five per cent on Wall Street overnight, as carnage on overseas markets spread to…
August 8, 2011 Gold hits record high; stock markets and oil companies tumble After the S&P downgrade announced Friday evening, North American markets opened Monday and tumbled. The Australian stock market, measured by the S&P/ASX 200, finished the day down 2.91%, while the…
August 8, 2011 Unusual tactics in mining bid The potential joint bid by Rio Tinto and Mitsubishi Development for Coal & Allied Industries (CAIL) is a curious beast because it proposes to involve a mechanism normally used to…
August 8, 2011 Rio in joint bid for coalminer Rio Tinto and Mitsubishi are being pressured to offer a special dividend to seal a $1.49 billion attempt to mop up the shares of 150-year-old Hunter Valley miner Coal &…
August 8, 2011 Harmony Gold Mining : Settlement of US Class Action Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited (Harmony) is pleased to announce that it has reached a mutually acceptable settlement with the lead plaintiff in the class action filed against it in…
August 8, 2011 Platina Resources Limited (ASX:PGM) received full assay results from Owendale platinum project Platina Resources Limited (ASX:PGM) is pleased to confirm the receipt of all assay results from its recently completed 4,591 metre RC drilling program at the Owendale Platinum Project, New South…
August 8, 2011 BHP Olympic Dam expansion linked to outgoing politician An Australian politician who has played a key role in developing BHP Billiton's Olympic Dam copper and uranium mine and is now under pressure to step down has vowed to…
August 8, 2011 Australian firm Ludowici buys Meshcape JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – ASX-listed global mineral processing equipment manufacturer Ludowici has acquired South African screening media manufacturer Meshcape, in a move to accelerate its expansion into new markets in Africa,…
August 8, 2011 Owendale platinum project announces results from drilling program Platina Resources Limited has received of all assay results from its recently completed 4,591 metre RC drilling program at the Owendale Platinum Project, New South Wales.
Titan Mining starts graphite production at New York plant Milestone marks the first step in re-establishing a domestic natural graphite supply chain in the US for the first time in 70 years. January 26, 2026 | 04:15 pm
