South32 Q4 manganese output eases

About 350 people will lose their jobs when the mine closes in early 2019.

Federal investigators claim Vale modified official documents detailing the chemical composition and concentration of the mineral waste spilled.

It’s only when something crazy happens that we normal folk start to take notice, which has given mining something of a reputation with most people.

The figures demonstrate that developing nations in South East Asia require high quality coal to meet increased electricity demand, powered by the growing urbanization of the population.

Other firms interested in the mines include BHP Billion, South32 and X2, with varying reports as to which remain in contention.

Significant brown and greenfield projects through 2020 nearly outnumber the next ten countries on the list.

Elevated below rail technology has the potential to open up significant mining assets long considered stranded.

BHP wants find a way to up output for the industrial metal from its Olympic Dam by 40% even before a proposed and long-awaited mega-expansion of the operation takes place.

Inferred mineral resources for Nautilus' CCZ project went up to 685 million tonnes from 410 million tonnes.