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Here’s how to avoid being caught in mining scams

These courses can help you identify and evaluate the risks involved in mining investments before it’s too late.

edumine | July 26, 2017 | 4:32 am

Batteries and renewables to start displacing gas in South Australia by 2025

Battery costs to fall 50% - beginning to compete with gas.

Wood Mackenzie | July 26, 2017 | 4:20 am

Caterpillar earnings beat estimates, shares hit five-year high

It now expects adjusted earnings per share to come in at $5, significantly higher than the $3.75 it had forecast just three months ago and almost doubled the $2.90 it had originally projected for the year.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 25, 2017 | 8:35 am

Mosaic joins chorus calling BHP’s Jansen potash mine plan unwise

Mosaic chief Joc O’Rourke also said BHP’s target of 2023 for first production looks unachievable.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 24, 2017 | 11:28 am

BHP $2.5bn expansion of Spence copper mine in Chile approved

Company will make a decision on the plan in August.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 21, 2017 | 7:30 am

Australian court rules against Fortescue in mining land case

While the decision doesn’t ban Fortescue from continuing to operate the mines, it paves the way for the group to sue the company for hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation claims.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 20, 2017 | 8:45 am

Activist investor Elliott calls BHP potash plans ‘disastrous’

Hedge fund manager says expanding into the currently over-supplied fertilizer market is just a bad idea.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 20, 2017 | 3:55 am

BHP to spend $277m to modernize Australian copper smelter

The smelter, one of the largest in the Southern Hemisphere, has been hampered by insufficient power supplies and maintenance work since a major power outage last year shut operations for two weeks.

Reuters | July 19, 2017 | 11:58 am

Iron ore soars past $70 a tonne

Prices have climbed almost 7% since Monday and almost 32% since the recent low of $53.36 a tonne hit on June 13.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 19, 2017 | 3:55 am

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