May 29, 2012 $6.4 billion Alpha Coal Project given go-ahead The Newman Government has given the green light to what will be one of Australia’s biggest mines, the $6.4 billion Alpha Coal Project in Queensland’s Galilee Basin.
May 29, 2012 Traditional owners greenlight NT iron ore mine Traditional owners in the Gulf of Carpentaria region of the Northern Territory have given their approval to a proposed iron ore mine.
May 28, 2012 Centrex boosts iron ore reserves in new Australia frontier Iron ore company Centrex Metals on Friday more than tripled the estimated reserves at its prospect in southern Australia, a growing zone for new iron ore sources that is attracting…
May 28, 2012 BHP must start Olympic Dam work by year-end, minister says BHP Billiton Ltd. (BHP), the world’s biggest mining company, will lose the right to proceed with the $33 billion Olympic Dam copper-uranium expansion in Australia if it doesn’t start work…
May 28, 2012 A miner’s life: Big money, bad habits Xstrata is paying nearly a million dollars into a program to improve the wellbeing of retired and injured miners.
May 28, 2012 OZ Minerals inks $90 million deal for copper-moly mine in Chile Australian copper producer OZ Minerals has struck a deal with Canada's International PBX Ventures for a 90% interest in the Copaquire copper-molybdenum property in Chile.
May 28, 2012 Australian mining community outraged by government’s decision to grant first ever right to hire foreign workers Australia’s decision to grant first ever right to hire foreign workers at the Roy Hill project in the Pilbara on Friday has sparked heated critics by local unions and the…
May 27, 2012 Granted first ever right to hire foreign workers Friday. Saturday shuns 14,000 locals queuing at jobs expo Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting which is hiring 1,700 foreign workers for the Roy Hill iron mine were absent from the Australian mining association job fair in Perth and so were…
May 25, 2012 Rinehart wealth list tally is a bit rich Gina Rinehart is the richest woman in the world "with a wealth of $29.17 billion", declared this week's edition of BRW, prompting front-page headlines around the country and a possible…
May 25, 2012 Aussie travel company and main airlines cash in on mining boom Hoping to cash on the booming mining industry in Australia and the need for foreign workers, Corporate Travel Management (CTM) has announced a step into Australia’s growing mining industry with…
Mexico seeks voluntary return of mining concessions not being used for production President Claudia Sheinbaum said the government was seeking the return of more than 200 mining concessions. February 09, 2026 | 07:40 am
