July 17, 2011 Citic Pacific’s budget blown as WA ore project costs soar The Australian reports China-backed Citic Pacific's $US5.2 billion West Australian iron ore project has been hit with a $US900 million budget blowout in another sign of growing costs in the…
July 15, 2011 Australia’s WPG fast-tracks Buzzard to operate parallel to Peculiar Knob Australian iron ore developer WPG Resources said on Friday it will bring forward its Buzzard direct shipping ore project at Hawks Nest in South Australia. Drilling at the site has…
July 15, 2011 Norilsk restarts Australia nickel mine mothballed during recession Norilsk Nickel, world number one nickel and palladium producer and Russia's biggest miner, announced on Friday it is restarting operations at its Maggie Hays mine near Lake Johnston in West…
July 15, 2011 BHP drags market lower Local shares have closed lower, dragged down by losses in Australian mining giant BHP Billiton.The market also had a weak lead from overseas markets, after Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke…
July 15, 2011 OceanaGold appoints CFO (MELBOURNE) OceanaGold Corporation (ASX: OGC, TSX: OGC, NZX: OGC) ("the Company") is pleased to announce the appointment of Mark Chamberlain as Chief Financial Officer to commence August 1st 2011. Mark…
July 15, 2011 Spending $2,400 a month to keep a truck running in a mine BBC's Jeremy Clarkson, a car enthusiast who hosts the show Top Gear, ran a documentary on an underground mine in Kalgoorlie, Australia, and learned about the exceptional wear-and-tear exacted on…
July 15, 2011 Is Australia’s proposed carbon tax strong enough to do any good? In August 2010, when Julia Gillard was campaigning in the national election, she made a promise: "There will be no carbon tax under the government I lead," she said to…
July 15, 2011 Legal bid to stop Vic coal power station Environment groups trying to stop the construction of a new coal-fired power station in Victoria say it would add millions of tonnes to Australia's annual greenhouse gas pollution.
July 15, 2011 Gloucester Coal completes two acquisitions Gloucester Coal has completed two acquisitions designed to create a leading Australian coal miner worth about $2 billion. Gloucester said it had completed the purchase of Donaldson Coal Holdings, which…
July 15, 2011 Fortescue iron ore shipments jump Fortescue Metals Group expects to ship 12 to 12.5 million tonnes of iron ore in the September quarter after shipments rose 38 per cent in the June quarter.
Vale’s iron ore output hits seven-year high in 2025, surpassing Rio Tinto’s Pilbara Vale's iron ore production for 2025 reached 336.1 million tons, up 2.6% from the previous year. January 27, 2026 | 02:18 pm
