Altona Mining has received a notice from Xstrata Mount Isa Mines that it intends to exercise its option to acquire a 51% interest in a portion of the Roseby Project located in Queensland, Australia. A formal process will now begin whereby Altona and...

Chaarat Gold Holdings has received a mining permit for its Tulkubash licence area from the Kyrgyz Government. The company raised the funds for the project in March 2011 and is now in negotiations with the Government for a long term agreement. Chaarat G...

Australian firm Nimrodel Resources has selected Nightingale Africa Partnership to conduct a scoping study at the Taklamakan project in Botswana. The study, to be carried out in production licence 035/2007, will allow assessment of geological informatio...

Rio Tinto has awarded two indigenous joint venture (JV) contracts, collectively worth $184m, for to its Hope Downs 4 mine site located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.

Anvil Mining is planning to start commercial production of copper at its newly constructed plant at the Kinsevere copper mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in the current quarter. The new plant is expected to triple Anvil Mining's annual

Contract mining and construction firm Macmahon Holdings has secured various Australian mining contracts worth $90m. The first contract involves predevelopment work adjacent to current operations at BHP Billiton Iron Ore's Wheelarra mine and mining

Mining pumps not only have to pump the liquids of varying quality and quantity, but also have to meet the expectations of investors. The life and performance of mining pumps will have the direct effect on the profitability of the company.

Peabody Energy has entered into a new licensing agreement with Yanzhou Coal to install Longwall top coal caving (LTCC) technology at the Goonyella mine in Australia in order to improve metallurgical coal recovery.

Indian firm Sesa Goa and Elenilto Minerals & Mining are planning to invest more than $2.6bn in Liberian iron ore firm Western Cluster. Elenilto Minerals & Mining will invest $77m while Sesa Goa will acquire a 51% interest in Western Cluster for $90m.

Coal India is planning to invest about INR280bn ($6.2bn) in 68 coal mining projects in India, which have a production capacity of 230 million tonnes per annum.

Xstrata Zinc has started construction work in Queensland, Australia, to develop the high-grade zinc-lead-silver Lady Loretta deposit as a new greenfield underground mine. The work will involve development of the decline, underground services and surface

Heavy flooding in China has led to two separate coal mine accidents, which killed three people and trapped more than 40 on Saturday. In the first accident, heavy rains caused part of a coal mine in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region to cave in, killing