Demerged BHP may not hold on to coal assets for long: analysts The division contributed just $746 million of the $21.12 billion earnings BHP reported for the 2013 financial year. Cecilia Jamasmie | August 18, 2014 | 3:07 pm
Rio Tinto weighs stake in closed Papua New Guinea copper mine The miner is reviewing all options on its 53.83% stake in Bougainville Copper, the operator of its Paguna mine, which has a potential gold and copper resource worth over $60 billion. Cecilia Jamasmie | August 18, 2014 | 11:30 am
Oz Minerals unveils PFS for $22 billion copper-gold mine Looking for partners for $3 billion project in South Australia forecast to produced 114,000 tonnes of copper and 117,000 ounces of gold a year. Frik Els | August 18, 2014 | 10:07 am
BHP spinoff could be worth $12 billion Speculation is of a new Perth-based company with current CFO Graham Kerr at the helm housing non-core assets including Australian lead-silver mine. Frik Els | August 18, 2014 | 8:34 am
High expectations for the mother of all lodes in Afghanistan $908 billion of mineral wealth. Tommy Humphreys | August 17, 2014 | 1:22 am
Knowing where you are in the market’s cycle Elon Musk says the lessons of history would suggest that civilizations move in cycles. Frank Holmes - U.S. Global Investors | August 16, 2014 | 5:00 am
Imperial Metal to raise $100 M to cover Mount Polley cleanup costs Imperial’s battered stocks took a healthy bump of more than 10%. Business in Vancouver | August 15, 2014 | 9:28 pm
Nearly 17,000 Australian mining jobs to disappear by 2019 Compares with a near doubling of mining, exploration and services positions in the country over the previous five years. Frik Els | August 15, 2014 | 10:45 am
BHP says demerger preferred option Decision to to lob off Billiton assets could come as early as next week. Frik Els | August 15, 2014 | 8:53 am