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Canadian regulator clears Newmont’s $10B merger with Goldcorp

The companies announced their planned all-share tie-up in January, just two weeks after the Barrick-Randgold merger was finalized.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 19, 2019 | 9:00 am

BHP urges miners to create global body to oversee tailings dams

CEO Andrew Mackenzie said it was too early to say what impact the recent Vale tailings dam disaster will have on efforts to restart BHP and Vale's jointly owned Samarco mine, shut since November 2015 after a dam collapse killed 19 people.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 19, 2019 | 3:20 am

Australian mine to host first of its kind clean energy storage facility

Terramin's Angas zinc mine will host a 5 MW Advanced Compressed Air Energy Storage facility.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | February 17, 2019 | 5:42 pm

Recommissioned Aussie mine dispatches first nickel concentrate shipment to China

Panoramic Resources' first shipment from the Savannah mine contained 7,735 wmt of nickel/copper/cobalt concentrate valued in approximately $6.1 million.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | February 17, 2019 | 9:06 am

Not so autonomous: Wifi outage results in driverless truck crash at Fortescue mine

One of the trucks was traveling at low speed and ran into another that was parked at its Christmas Creek iron ore mine in Australia's Pilbara region.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 15, 2019 | 5:21 am

Technology to redesign 77% of Australian mining jobs over next five years — report

An injection of A$5 billion to A$13 billion in workforce capability will be needed over the next decade.

MINING.com Editor | February 14, 2019 | 1:48 pm

Australia’s South32 posts 18% jump in half-year profit

A surge in metallurgical coal output and stronger commodity prices helped boost its bottom-line.

Reuters | February 13, 2019 | 2:59 pm

Newcrest Mining H1 profit surges 104% on strong gold production

The rise was buoyed by an increase in gold production and lower cost of mining.

Reuters | February 13, 2019 | 2:26 pm

Australia flooding to disrupt lead, zinc concentrate rail shipments

The 1,000 km (620 mile) rail line is used by miners including Glencore, MMG Ltd and South 32 to carry zinc and lead concentrate from the Mt Isa region.

Reuters | February 13, 2019 | 9:51 am

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