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Rio donates A$1 million to Australian Red Cross for bushfire relief and recovery

The funds will be used to help Red Cross emergency service teams provide support to impacted communities including safe places to take shelter.

MINING.com Editor | January 3, 2020 | 12:07 pm

Newmont completes KCGM stake sale, updates outlook

Company expects to produce 6.4 million ounces of gold in…

Jackson Chen | January 2, 2020 | 4:16 pm

Innovation hub for mining and energy opens in Perth

The new hub joins three other Innovation Hubs in Australia…

MINING.com Editor | December 27, 2019 | 3:48 pm

Australia suffers worst of China’s coal curbs after earlier boom

While total purchases by China rose 9% in November from…

Bloomberg News | December 27, 2019 | 1:29 pm

Asian countries face policy uncertainty, resource nationalism – report

The Asian mining landscape is shifting.

MINING.com Editor | December 26, 2019 | 3:43 pm

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