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Newly-discovered mineral is ‘completely unique and unrelated to anything’

Found by a junior miner working a surface outcrop in Western Australia.

Michael Allan McCrae | April 27, 2014 | 5:16 pm

Platinum strike doesn’t get to spoil Anglo American’s first quarter results

Platinum output fell by nearly 40% as a consequence of a more than three-month strike over pay in the sector South Africa.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 24, 2014 | 2:00 pm

First seabed mine to go ahead as Nautilus solves dispute with PNG

Under the agreement, the Papua New Guinea government paid Nautilus $7 million, which entitles it to a 15% stake in the project, with an option to increase it by another 15% in the next 12 months.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 24, 2014 | 11:15 am

Barrick-Newmont merger could be as good as gold

The new gold giant would have a market value of $33 billion, operations on five continents, and a gold output of well over 12 million ounces a year.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 23, 2014 | 6:25 pm

BHP cuts ribbon at its $3.6bn Jimblebar iron ore mine expansion

The mine has an initial annual production capacity of 35 million tonnes and is a key part of BHP's plans to lift capacity from its Pilbara operations to 220 million tonnes a year.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 23, 2014 | 10:00 am

Australia’s $6.5bn Oakajee project backer holds long record of shady businesses

The Oakajee port and rail project has the potential to become one of the major suppliers of Australian iron ore to Asia.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 22, 2014 | 2:15 pm

US first rare earth mine in decades may be in Wyoming

At the moment about 90% of the world’s rare earths —used in a variety of industries including green technology, defence systems and consumer electronics— come from China.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 20, 2014 | 6:50 pm

One more reason iron ore price won’t stray too far from $120

Beijing's strategy to consolidate the domestic iron ore industry under six to eight large miners has been met with skepticism.

Frik Els | April 18, 2014 | 9:15 pm

China, Japan and ‘mystery local billionaire’ potential developers of Oakajee project

While the WA government is favours Chinese capitals, Australian junior Padbury Mining says it has secured $6.5 billion to take over the project, but refuses to reveal backer's name.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 17, 2014 | 5:02 pm

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