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Roundup takeaway 1: outsmart tough odds

It’s a common stat in the sector: only 1 in 1,000 discoveries becomes a mine. But David Harquail, president and CEO of Franco-Nevada, takes that sobering fact one step farther.

Gwen Preston - Resource Maven | January 31, 2015 | 1:01 pm

BHP axing up to 300 Olympic Dam jobs

The decision caps off a dreadful month for South Australia’s mining sector.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 30, 2015 | 11:23 am

Consensus forecast 2015 gold price average: DOWN

Of 35 analysts polled by the London Bullion Market Association Ross Norman of Sharps Pixley is most bullish at $1,321, but 5 others see a dip below $1,000.

Frik Els | January 29, 2015 | 8:38 pm

Here is how metal-eating bacteria may make asteroid mining profitable

The technique, known as biomining, is already being tested here on Earth as a sustainable treatment of ores and mine waste.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 29, 2015 | 5:31 pm

Michael Fowler says forget the majors, buy the midtiers

According to Michael Fowler, senior mining analyst with Loewen, Ondaatje & McCutcheon, the major gold producers have gorged on debt and sold off their seed corn.

The Gold Report | January 29, 2015 | 4:11 pm

MMG to begin pre-extraction at Las Bambas despite copper rout

The firm expects production at Ferrobamba, one of the four deposits that make up Las Bambas project, to start early next year.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 29, 2015 | 12:00 pm

Mining M&A: Private equity can’t run away fast enough

The smart money is waiting for fire sale prices before jumping into metals and mining. Or worse; has simply lost interest in the sector.

Frik Els | January 29, 2015 | 1:32 am

Yukon Zinc temporarily closing Wolverine Mine

Some crew will be assigned to care and maintenance.

Michael Allan McCrae | January 27, 2015 | 12:38 am

Rio Tinto to drop Oyu Tolgoi $1.6bn royalty if expansion gets ok from Mongolia

Documents obtained and verified by The Australian, show that Rio Tinto offered Mongolia to forsake a “net smelter return” of 2% cent of the project’s revenue.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 26, 2015 | 8:31 pm

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