Chile confident of turning around low copper productivity as global competition bites

“Copper mining in Chile has become more and more difficult as ore bodies decline, the target rocks are increasingly harder, and water is getting far more expensive.

Field Public Relations | June 18, 2019 | 9:50 am

Squeeze from Brazilian iron ore disasters a boon for $1.5B magnetite pellet project

The Brazilian mine dam collapses and resultant forced shutdown of some of that country’s iron ore mines had caused a major seaborne supply squeeze across all of the commodity’s types.

Field Public Relations | April 9, 2019 | 9:51 am

Australia’s miners dragging their feet and being swamped by Canada in Mexico’s resources upside

Canadian miners are swarming over Mexico and its high level of mineral prospectivity at the expense of Australia’s explorers and miners who have only made a tentative foray into the Latin America isthmus.

Field Public Relations | May 18, 2017 | 11:30 am

Australian-Barrick partnership eyes substantial gold upside in Guyana

An Australian company which has teamed up with the largest gold company in the world to exploit a corner of Latin America’s untapped mineral riches, says the bulk of Guyana’s gold production has only “just scratched the surface”.

Field Public Relations | May 17, 2017 | 12:52 pm

Argentina ripe for new energy investment says Brisbane backer of US $2 billion coal mine-power station

A Brisbane company hoping to drive the development of a major coal mine and associated power station in Argentina, says the country’s current energy grid warrants substantial new investment in energy options.

Field Public Relations | May 17, 2017 | 12:43 pm

Emu NL confirms gold and silver potential at its Vidalita project in Chile

Australian explorer, Emu NL, provides the following update on its drilling program on the Company’s Vidalita project in northern Chile.

Field Public Relations | April 11, 2017 | 12:12 pm

Drilling rig and other equipment mobilises to Vidalita Gold Project in Chile

Australian explorer, Emu NL (ASX: EMU), has mobilised camp, earth moving and drilling equipment to the Vidalita site in northern Chile.

Field Public Relations | March 17, 2017 | 10:08 am

$50 trillion in new investment needed to match global energy demand in next 20 years: Rio Tinto director

According to non-executive director Megan Clark, such investment would be needed to fund an energy market expected to grow by 40% through until 2035.

Field Public Relations | October 28, 2016 | 2:00 am

China demand driving renaissance of global uranium market: Bannerman Resources chief

China’s unquenchable thirst for uranium is driving a renaissance of the market and is likely to pull the global U-sector out of its current doldrums and drive much-needed price increases.

Field Public Relations | September 9, 2016 | 11:47 am

Australia’s Tiger Resources to fast-track plans to explore potential cobalt production at its African copper project

Tiger Resources Managing Director, Mr Michael Griffiths, released the positive results of an independent study the Company had commissioned to investigate the viability of producing cobalt at its Kipoi Project in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Field Public Relations | September 9, 2016 | 1:00 am

Australian think tank seeks more strategic approach to engaging Africa’s economy and mining sector

The call was made in Perth today by the Canberra-based Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) in an address to the third and final day of the Paydirt 2016 Africa Down Under mining conference, drawing on findings from its second Aus-Africa Dialogue held in Zambia in 2015 with the South Africa-based Brenthurst Foundation.

Field Public Relations | September 9, 2016 | 12:46 am

Harmony eyes lift in total gold output to 1.5moz pa and to add wider African gold acquisitions

The world’s fifth largest gold producer has told a Perth mining forum today that it plans to lift its total output to 1.5 million ounces a year within three years as it combines its increasing output from African and PNG mines.

Field Public Relations | September 8, 2016 | 9:21 am

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