Anglo ending 2018 on high note, predicts higher output, lower costs

Australian Resources Minister Martin Ferguson says the onset of an era of low commodities prices does not spell the end of the country's China-backed mining boom.

Brazilian mining giant Vale (NYSE:VALE) is expected to log a year-on-year Q3 profit decline of 61% due to this year's precipitous dive in iron ore prices.

A 32-year-old Australian lawyer for a Rio subsidiary has been prevented from leaving Mongolia by local police following allegations of corruption.

A junior exploration company is using land surveys from the 1870's to locate copper deposits in South Australia's historic Burra mining region.

Rio Tinto's auction of a fresh set of multi-hued diamonds from its Argyle mine in Australia have elicited strong competition amongst bidders hailing from both Asia and Europe.

The Australian tropical state of Queensland has announced that a decades-long ban on uranium mining will soon be rescinded.

Queensland Mining Corporation commences initial resource drilling for the expansion of its Young Australian copper project in Queensland.

A huge 60-kilogram gold nugget allegedly found near Kalgoorlie has the Australian mining community literally suffering from gold fever.

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has said that the country has changed its stance on uranium and that there are no further "outstanding obstacles" to exports of the nuclear material to India.