Australia Top Stories

A squeeze on lithium has top producer ‘going as fast as we can’

Albemarle plans to start sales from a new plant in Chile early 2022 and from an expansion in Western Australia around the middle of the year.

Bloomberg News | November 4, 2021 | 5:04 pm

RANKED: Top 10 mines with world’s most valuable ore

In mining, grade is king.

MINING.com Editor | November 4, 2021 | 2:27 pm

RANKED: Top 10 mining projects with world’s most valuable ore

The province of Saskatchewan has some high-grade uranium.

MINING.com Editor | November 4, 2021 | 2:26 pm

Barrick Gold quarterly profit dented by weak prices

The gold giant reported an 18% drop in third-quarter profit…

Reuters | November 4, 2021 | 3:27 am

BHP admonished for meddling with SolGold board

As SolGold’s biggest shareholder, BHP has long been seen as…

Bloomberg News | November 3, 2021 | 9:52 pm

Increasing gold production rates with slurry pumps at Greenfields Mill

The Greenfields mill is situated in the Western Australian goldfields, three kilometres east of Coolgardie.

Metso | September 25, 2019 | 2:49 pm

Gold exploration vital for future supply

In 2019, the flight to safe haven assets has happened amid concerns of a slowdown in the global economy and heightened geopolitical […]

Wood Mackenzie | September 25, 2019 | 10:38 am

Rio strikes deal with Chinese partners to cut steel-making emissions

The partnership with China Baowu Steel Group and Tsinghua University seeks to develop new ways to cut carbon emissions along the steelmaking supply chain.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 25, 2019 | 8:52 am

BHP tried swaying Anglo’s Mark Cutifani to be its CEO

BHP favours an internal hire, but is also open to external candidates, people familiar with the matter said.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 25, 2019 | 5:58 am

OceanaGold boosts exploration target at Waihi

Shares of OceanaGold jumped more than 6% on the latest development.

Jackson Chen | September 24, 2019 | 12:04 pm

Tianqi Lithium in supply deal with Sweden’s Northvolt

The deal marks the second major customer win for Tianqi in a little more than a month.

Reuters | September 24, 2019 | 10:59 am

Australian mining lobby launches ad blitz urging reforms after coal projects blocked

Group aims at rallying public support for an overhaul of state planning laws after a commission blocked new projects citing climate change concerns.

Reuters | September 24, 2019 | 5:16 am

Global copper deficit deepens as Chile, Indonesia production drops

The international refined copper market ended the first half of 2019 with a supply shortfall of about 220,000 tonnes.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 24, 2019 | 3:56 am

Australian miners looking to improve on tailings management

The Australian Mining Tailings Communiqué aims at guiding the next steps towards building industry expertise and enhancing technical capacity on tailings management.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | September 23, 2019 | 6:15 am

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