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Botswana’s first uranium mine gets environmental nod

Australian company A-Cap Resources (ASX:ACB) is a step further to developing Botswana's first uranium mine, after the government approved its environmental impact statement (EIA).

Andrew Topf | May 29, 2016 | 3:11 pm

Australia’s mining project pipeline dwarfs other countries

Significant brown and greenfield projects through 2020 nearly outnumber the next ten countries on the list.

Frik Els | May 27, 2016 | 3:48 pm

Here comes the half conveyer-belt, half train hybrid

Elevated below rail technology has the potential to open up significant mining assets long considered stranded.

Frik Els | May 26, 2016 | 5:02 pm

BHP to boost copper output, lower costs at vast Olympic Dam

BHP wants find a way to up output for the industrial metal from its Olympic Dam by 40% even before a proposed and long-awaited mega-expansion of the operation takes place.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 26, 2016 | 8:45 am

Boom in private debt financing for mining

Australia's Taurus raised $683m to invest in mining company debt last year, while two funds currently in the market are targeting investor capital of $800m.

Frik Els | May 25, 2016 | 4:45 pm

Japan ‘swimming against current’ when it comes to phasing out coal

Report shows that Japan is the only G7 country seeking to build new coal-power plants.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 20, 2016 | 8:45 am

Mongolia to pay $70 million owed to Canada’s Khan Resources

Move comes on the heels of Rio Tinto’s decision to resume work on a $5.3 billion expansion of the Oyu Tolgoi copper mine, following a three-year delay due to disputes with authorities.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 16, 2016 | 7:15 am

Miners going broke – worst still to come

New report says mining and metals companies set to default on debt at more than three times the historical rate going back to 1983.

Frik Els | May 11, 2016 | 4:21 pm

Japan risks wasting US$56bn in new coal-fired power stations — report

According to the University of Oxford’s Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, Japan’s plants are set to become stranded assets as a result of overcapacity and cheaper power sources, such as renewables.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 11, 2016 | 8:00 am

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