August 9, 2015 BHP Billiton axing other 380 jobs at its Olympic Dam The cuts represent 14% of what was once a 4,300 workforce.
August 9, 2015 British investment fund to buy Anglo’s mines in Chile According to local newspaper El Mercurio, the unnamed fund is buying Anglo's Mantoverde and Mantos Blancos copper mines.
August 8, 2015 Canada investigating mysterious death of 30 herons at Syncrude oil sands Inspectors are currently at the site, but haven't been able to determine how the birds died or whether others are injured.
August 8, 2015 EPA’s blows it — causes massive mine wastewater spill at Colorado rivers While the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was investigating pollutants at an old gold mine, it accidentally released an estimated one million gallons of mining waste into a creek.
August 7, 2015 K+S rejects again takeover offer from Potash Corp. The latest offer was unchanged in its value, but included a more formal “business combination agreement,” K+S said
August 7, 2015 South Africa’s main gold union snubs final pay offer Talks are set to resume on Wednesday, Aug. 12.
August 7, 2015 China is hiding gold… lots of it While analysts keep trying to answer the burning question of how much gold China really has, the most recent theory indicates that it's at least 9,500 tonnes.
August 7, 2015 South Africa lets Glencore resume operations at Optimum coal mine Mining Minister Ngoako Ramatlhodi has decided to conditionally withdrew a licence suspension ordered earlier this week.
August 7, 2015 Revocation of Australia’s largest coal mine licence ‘a sabotage’ — Abbot His comments follow this week's decision by the federal court of Australia to overturn government approval for the construction of one of the biggest coal mines in the world.
August 6, 2015 If you’re selling gold, Russia’s buying China's 600 tonnes in 6 years disappointed, but latest central bank data shows Russia again adding to its hoard as it diversifies away from the US dollar.
Ma’aden selects Metso to deliver a gold processing plant to Ar Rjum mine The order includes process electrification, field instrumentation and automation. January 15, 2026 | 03:25 pm
