June 7, 2016

Top miners squandered $200 billion during boom

Capital spending by the world's largest miners since 2010 amounted to $632 billion – 32% of which has now been written off says new report.

June 7, 2016

Hatch positions for growth in Oil and Gas sector in Australia–Asia

Hatch is further strengthening its services and capabilities in the oil and gas sector to pursue new opportunities for growth in the Australia–Asia region.

June 6, 2016

Australia’s highest-grade flake graphite deposit gains mining approval

Lincoln Minerals has been granted a 21-year lease for the 300-hectare Kookaburra Gully graphite project on South Australia’s Eyre Peninsula.

June 6, 2016

Pacific Environment seizes opportunities in Australia’s rising resource exports

Pacific Environment has identified ports as an opportunity for environmental monitoring solutions because Australia’s growing resource exports (LNG exports alone are expected to triple by the end of the decade)…

June 6, 2016

Commodities storming back into bull market

Most analysts believe the commodities market has turned a corner and that prices are unlikely to return to lows seen in the past year.

June 3, 2016

Here are the world’s top 10 gold producing mines

This year, global production is expected to level out as project development budgets were slashed during the three-year gold bear market. But with gold prices rebounding, miners are in a…

June 2, 2016

Iron ore price rout accelerates

CHARTS: Down 26% in a month the forward curve now points to the low $30s.

June 2, 2016

Basslink failure has cost Tasmanian economy $560 million to date

And while the Singaporean-based owners of the Basslink infrastructure have now targeted a revised restart for the end of this month, the new EnergyQuest report released today says the Basslink…

June 2, 2016

Who’s heard of Scandium?

Scandium promises to be a future wonder metal. And Australia is likely to become its major source of supply.

June 2, 2016

Low coal prices force Glencore to shut Australia’s Tahmoor mine

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