January 13, 2011 Rio declares force majeure on Boyne aluminium Premiums for spot primary aluminium in Asia are unlikely to rise after Rio Tinto declared force majeure on shipments from its Boyne […]
January 13, 2011 Contract miner Leighton says floods halt activities Mining Weekly reports: ASX-listed contract miner and construction specialist the Leighton Group on Wednesday reported that a number of its contract mining […]
January 13, 2011 South Korea’s POSCO reluctant to pass rising steel costs to buyers The chief executive of POSCO, the world's No.3 steelmaker, said it would be difficult to raise steel prices enough to cover rising raw materials costs stemming from flooding in Australia,…
January 11, 2011 Fortescue Investing $8.4B to Expand Iron Ore Production Fortescue Metals has approved capital expenditures totaling $8.4 billion to expand its iron ore production in Western Australia from 55 million to […]
January 10, 2011 Aker Wirth and Rio Tinto sign contract for part of Rio Tinto’s Mine of the Future™ program On November 29 last year Aker Wirth and Rio Tinto signed a contract for the delivery and testing of the first Tunnel Boring System (TBS), which has been developed for Rio’s…
January 7, 2011 Xstrata says it is too early to say when its Blakefield South mine will reopen The mine, in Australia's New South Wales was closed on Wednesday after a fire broke out in the mine Coal miner Xstrata on Friday said it was too early to…
January 6, 2011 A meagre upside, admittedly, but Queensland rebuild will boost GDP IT IS little comfort for those who have lost everything but Queensland’s floods could provide some economic growth as communities rebuild, households […]
January 6, 2011 ‘Significant’ heavy rare earths find at Australian copper/cobalt project China Yunnan Copper reports a significant drill intercept of heavy rare earths at its Mt. Dorothy prospect in north-west Queensland SYDNEY - With a significant heavy rare earth element intercept…
January 5, 2011 Xstrata says a fire has shut down its Blakefield South Coal mine The miner says no miners were caught underground and no injuries have been reported from the fire that erupted on Wednesday afternoon at the mine in New South Wales SYDNEY…
December 8, 2010 FLSmidth makes offer for the acquisition of ESSA Australia FLSmidth has announced an offer to acquire Australian-listed company ESSA Australia Limited (ESSA). FLSmidth’s offer corresponds to an enterprise value of approximately […]
Striking workers disrupt access to Chile’s Escondida, Zaldivar copper mines The workers, who have been on strike since the beginning of the month, have launched intermittent blocks in the La Negra industrial sector. January 23, 2026 | 01:33 pm
