March 4, 2015 Large coal and iron ore reserves found in Iran: official Two large coal and iron ore reserves have been discovered in Iran, according to a top official.
March 4, 2015 Raven Coal mine proponent pulls application at the last minute A Vancouver junior coal mining company that wants to build an underground coal mine in the Comox Valley on Vancouver Island has withdrawn at the last minute from an environmental…
March 2, 2015 Canadian miners the world’s top buyers of assets in 2014 Gold remains the most-targeted commodity by volume, according to EY’s latest report.
March 2, 2015 Poor market conditions put major chill on global exploration Global exploration spending dropped 26% in last year, compared with 2013, as several juniors threw in the towel and producing miners slammed the brakes on capital and exploration expenditure.
February 27, 2015 Glencore slashes Australian coal production The cuts include scaling back some operations and deferring projects. Further job cuts to follow.
February 26, 2015 Poor provincial grade disputed by BC mining group The Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia says the province still top destination for companies and investors.
February 25, 2015 Massive drop in mining exploration funding in Western Australia, survey finds Mining companies in Western Australia have massively reduced their exploration budgets, a new survey has found.
February 25, 2015 Rio’s Turquoise Hill gets rid of remaining stake in SouthGobi Chinese Novel Sunrise Investments has agreed to buy 48.7 million shares in SouthGobi —which was once worth over US$2.4 billion —for 35 cents per share in cash.
February 24, 2015 South Africa drops out of top 10 in Africa for mining investment Namibia and Botswana top the latest mining investment attractiveness index for the continent and move into top 25 worldwide.
February 24, 2015 Biggest steel breakthrough in decades Korean scientists create a cheap, flexible steel with a strength to weight ratio of today's best titanium alloys using a nickel catalyst.
