Australia Top Stories

Rio Tinto sees rosy future for diamonds despite end of Argyle

Company is exploring for diamonds in Canada as part of its plans to stay in the sector despite the looming closure of its Argyle mine in Australia, known for extremely rare pink diamonds.

Reuters | September 26, 2019 | 5:10 am

Increasing gold production rates with slurry pumps at Greenfields Mill

The Greenfields mill is situated in the Western Australian goldfields,…

Metso | September 25, 2019 | 2:49 pm

Gold exploration vital for future supply

In 2019, the flight to safe haven assets has happened…

Wood Mackenzie | September 25, 2019 | 10:38 am

Rio strikes deal with Chinese partners to cut steel-making emissions

The partnership with China Baowu Steel Group and Tsinghua University…

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 25, 2019 | 8:52 am

BHP tried swaying Anglo’s Mark Cutifani to be its CEO

BHP favours an internal hire, but is also open to…

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 25, 2019 | 5:58 am

Major new coal projects unlikely to be profitable: Goldman Sachs

The bank analysts say the window for profitable investment in new thermal coal mining and infrastructure capacity “has closed.”

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 29, 2014 | 11:40 am

Iron ore price hits fresh lows as Beijing warns of supply flood

Shares in producers fall after China's powerful central planning agency says country's "high steel demand period has passed" and inventories will stay high.

Frik Els | May 28, 2014 | 9:00 pm

Rio Tinto to axe hundreds of jobs at Oyu Tolgoi mine

Amid the miner's efforts to reduce costs at its gigantic copper and gold operation in Mongolia.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 28, 2014 | 5:38 pm

Australia not adventurous enough in commitment to ‘essential hunting ground’ of Latin America

The region produces 45% of the world’s copper, 50% of its silver, 26% of its molybdenum, and equally high percentages of zinc, gold and iron ore.

MINING.com Editor | May 28, 2014 | 4:29 pm

Mining investment in Australia falls again as boom fades

Spending committed by mining and energy companies to start or expand projects fell 14.6% to US$212bn at the end of April from $248bn a year earlier. That is a $36 billion drop.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 28, 2014 | 11:30 am

Output at no 2 global gold producer falls

Australia's gold output down 7% due to weather.

Frik Els | May 25, 2014 | 5:35 pm

Bargain hunters descend on uranium stocks

More bad news for the uranium market this week did not deter bargain hunters from returning to the sector in a big way on Friday chasing up shares across the board.

Frik Els | May 23, 2014 | 7:24 pm