MINING.COM

The mining boom in Australia is over, or is it?

This was the year for Australia’s mining boom Martin Ferguson hinted on Monday. The Resources Minister highlighted the end of the high commodity prices era that will force the country’s industry to increase its productivity and develop new technologies in order to remain competitive.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 16, 2012 | 1:34 pm

Australia’s mining success places Great Barrier Reef in peril

The unprecedented success of Australia's mining sector, which enabled the country to successfully weather the financial crisis and has triggered a surge in the Aussie dollar, may have caused irreparable damage to the Great Barrier Reef

MINING.COM Staff Writer | July 16, 2012 | 12:08 pm

Tinkler pursues Whitehaven Coal bid in wake of share plunge

Former electrician turned mining tycoon Nathan Tinkler has issued a further bid for the remainder of Australia's Whitehaven Coal Ltd., following a 17% plunge in the company's shares since Tinkler's first offer for the company on June 13.

Marc Howe | July 16, 2012 | 11:57 am

China’s Zijin Mining obtains regulatory approval for Norton Gold takeover

Zijin Mining Group (HK:2899), China’s largest gold producer, announced on Friday that its bid for Australia’s Norton Gold Fields Limited (ASX:NGF) had successfully obtained approval from Australian regulators.

Marc Howe | July 16, 2012 | 11:53 am

Commodities guru Bill O’Neill says crude oil has bottomed out

Bill O'Neill, former director of commodities research at Merrill Lynch, has said in a recent interview that crude oil prices have bottomed out, and that he expects a desultory recovery in prices from the third quarter of 2012 to the first quarter of next year.

Marc Howe | July 16, 2012 | 11:51 am

First

Last

1 Week

1 Month

3 Months

6 Months

1 Year

5 Years

Historical

Create FREE account or log in

to receive MINING.COM digests