Minerals Council of Australia calls for tax, workplace law reform

New report on top 100 junior mining companies says "waiting it out no longer a viable strategy"

Over $1 billion to build.

"Add a little punkiness to it."

It also revised its guidance for 2015 down, saying sales and revenues for the year are now expected to be about $48 billion—$1 billion lower than the previous outlook.

This year capital and exploration spending at BHP will be $13 billion less than in 2013, leaving the world's largest miner with a single greenfield project.

According to SRK, the company needs to spend $84 million over the first four years of the project

This week, we show the geological conditions for how jade forms, the booming market in BC, and also how jade goes from boulder to the market.

Increase in rough diamond supply through 2020 forecast as two major mines enter production next year says new report by diamond giant.

But the company is on track to reach its longer-term target of about 5 million carats of diamond production a year by 2019.