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Australia’s minerals sector facing skills crisis

The mining industry is now losing highly skilled professionals as they pursue alternative work.

AusIMM | September 29, 2015 | 12:10 am

Copper to come back up way before iron ore does: OZ Minerals

The company, Australia’s third-biggest copper producer, expects digital-age related technologies to boost demand for the metal.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 25, 2015 | 9:54 am

Caterpillar to axe 10,000 jobs over next three years

It also revised its guidance for 2015 down, saying sales and revenues for the year are now expected to be about $48 billion—$1 billion lower than the previous outlook.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 24, 2015 | 6:19 am

BHP Billiton contributed $7.3 billion in payments worldwide, shows first related report

The mining giant acknowledged it used a Singapore marketing hub to minimize its tax expenses, but added it is paying its fair share worldwide.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 23, 2015 | 3:16 am

Copper leads fall in metal prices on China worries

So far, copper prices have failed to react significantly to news of supply disruptions, remaining more responsive to news from China, the world’s largest consumer.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 22, 2015 | 9:19 am

Rehabilitation of over 50,000 abandoned mines in Australia to hit taxpayers

According to environmental scientist Peter Erskine, Australia will be left with a bill running into tens of billions of dollars unless the government starts taking mine rehabilitation seriously.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 21, 2015 | 8:23 am

Rare Earth Minerals logs loss, but hopes more Tesla-like agreements to the rescue

The company reported a £1.2 million pre-tax loss in the first six months of 2015, widening from the £191,000 loss reported a year earlier.

MINING.com Editor | September 21, 2015 | 7:06 am

Newmont, Kinross likely to buy Barrick’s US gold assets

The company's president, Kelvin Dushnisky, said he expects the imminent sale of six U.S. assets to close before the end of the year.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 21, 2015 | 3:24 am

BHP Billiton AusIMM Southern Queensland Student Chapter Local Mining Games 2015

On the 5th of September, the AusIMM Southern Queensland Student Chapter (SQSC) held the chapter’s annual BHP Billiton Local Mining Games at The University of Queensland’s Experimental Mine in Indooroopilly, a suburb of Brisbane.

AusIMM | September 18, 2015 | 10:50 am

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