July 8, 2012 Australia’s Queensland to join mining tax challenge -report Australia's northern Queensland state plans to challenge the federal government's mining tax in the High Court, saying the tax unfairly discriminates against the resource-rich state, The Australian newspaper reported on…
July 8, 2012 Life at BHP: it’s a soup opera The Australian Financial Review reports instructions for "nibble food" consumption and the display of work-related awards feature among "a bewildering array of dos and don'ts" for 3,000 BHP Billiton office…
July 7, 2012 Australia mine strikes near end as BMA, unions agree to framework deal The BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance, or BMA, and coal worker unions agreed to framework July 6 that would end an 18-month dispute and potentially keep fourth-quarter benchmark metallurgical coal prices…
July 6, 2012 Xstrata-Glencore merger vote postponed: unions raise concerns Xstrata has delayed voting on a merger with Glencore as investors continue to dictate the offer and unions become more vocal about their concerns over the deal.
July 5, 2012 Crossland/Pancontinental accelerate program to enhance, expand, and de-risk the Charley Creek rare earth project The companies have begun a program to rapidly enhance, expand, and de-risk the Charley Creek rare earth mining project in Australia.
July 5, 2012 Australia won’t get in the way of Glencore-Xstrata Australia's antitrust regulator has decided it would not oppose commodities trader Glencore's $26 billion takeover of miner Xstrata.
July 5, 2012 Name this American president who made his fortune as a gold miner in Australia Hard to believe, but an American president's road to the White House actually began in Perth, Australia, working as a young and saavy mining engineer.
July 5, 2012 Rinehart sells $50 million worth of shares in Fairfax Media The fifth richest woman in the world, Gina Rinehart, has sold $50 million worth of her shares in Australian newspaper group Fairfax as she continues to push for a seat…
July 4, 2012 Introducing a global lithium company Galaxy is an Australian-based global lithium company with lithium production facilities, hard rock mines and brine assets in Australia, China, Canada and Argentina.
July 4, 2012 Not enough women in mining: report In a report published this week, the Government of New South Wales concluded that women are underrepresented in the high paying industries of mining and construction and increasing their involvement…
China central bank keeps buying gold as bull run hits brakes Bullion held by the People’s Bank of China rose by 40,000 troy ounces last month. February 08, 2026 | 08:25 am
