July 6, 2011 Indian iron ore giant homes in on Winmar Resources Winmar Resources, a company backed by Fortescue Metals chairman Andrew Forrest, is expected to announce today a deal with an Indian iron ore giant that could lead to could lead…
July 6, 2011 Mining in Australia needs foreign workers, but someone needs to adress the language issue Rob Burgess of Guardian Weekly comments on the conflict between the number of foreign workers needed for the Australian resource industry, and the number of immigrants with the English language…
July 6, 2011 Australian Mining: Mining needs to be safer, says leading mining professor A leading mining professor says the future of Australian mining could be in jeopardy if companies don't get serious about their safety records, Australian Mining reported: Professor Peter Lilly, Executive…
July 6, 2011 Mining leads as IPO activity in Western Australia continues recovery in FY11 IPO activity in Western Australia continued to increase post the global financial crisis (GFC), according to new figures released from the Deloitte Corporate Finance survey. Western Australia produced 63 IPOs…
July 6, 2011 CAT in major autonomous truck milestone with Fortescue while Rio doubles its Komatsu driverless fleet Caterpillar has made a key announcement on the progress of its autonomous truck program. Together with Australian dealer WesTrac, CAT has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Fortescue Metals…
July 6, 2011 GVK Power to raise $1.2 bn debt for Hancock coal assets India's GVK Power, a unit of infrastructure major GVK Group, which had inked a deal to purchase two of Hancock Prospecting's thermal coal mines in Australia for around $2.4 billion,…
July 5, 2011 Australian iron ore production and export to surge by 2012 Reuters reported that iron ore production in Australia, the world largest exporter of the steelmaking raw material is rising rapidly to keep pace with projected increases in China led demand.
July 5, 2011 BRIC countries have high barriers for Australian METS exporters Austmine, which promotes Australian mining equipment, technology and services (METS) to global markets, found that many companies would like to do business with BRIC markets, but can’t because of high…
July 5, 2011 AMEC awarded two definitive feasibility studies to further develop uranium projects in Namibia Under the first contract, AMEC Minproc has commenced work for Paladin Energy on the definitive feasibility study for the major Stage 4 expansion of the flagship uranium operation, Langer Heinrich.…
July 5, 2011 Ranger uranium waste water treatment plan attacked An environmental engineer says Energy Resources of Australia (ERA) should not have reopened its uranium mine within Kakadu National Park last month without committing to a waste water treatment plan.…
Freeport-McMoRan profit beats as high copper prices offset Grasberg hit Average copper prices rose in the fourth quarter and hit all-time highs late in December. January 22, 2026 | 07:08 am
