May 17, 2012 Small BHP joint venture loses silver lining BHP Billiton has quit a small joint venture to define the Altia copper and silver prospect in Queensland, just a day after the company's chairman and its chief executive warned…
May 17, 2012 Western Australia to review state royalties The Western Australian government on Thursday reported that it would be conducting a review on its royalty system over the next three years.
May 17, 2012 Rio Tinto doubles mine trainees in Australia Miner Rio Tinto has announced plans to double its mine trainee and apprenticeship programs to meet future demands in Australia, reports Australian Mining.
May 16, 2012 Falling off the supercycle: BHP puts the brakes on capex, stock hits 3-year low “Where the industry previously lacked investment opportunities and choice, it now has more projects than cash flows. All of us in the industry are having to make choices.”
May 16, 2012 General Electric to buy up mining specialists Industrea and Fairchild International General Electric (NYSE: GE) announced it is pursuing acquisitions of two underground mining equipment manufacturers in support of the global expansion of its mining business.
May 16, 2012 Feminist group crashes mining meeting in Australia A group of bearded women belonging to the feminist group La Barbe, crashed last night's Melbourne Mining Club meeting to congratulate the mining industry for its exclusion of women and…
May 16, 2012 AREVA and Mitsubishi co-operate on Australian uranium exploration AREVA and Mitsubishi Corporation, through their respective subsidiaries Afmeco Mining and Exploration Pty Ltd (AFMEX) and Mitsubishi Development Pty Ltd (MDP), have decided to work together in a uranium exploration…
May 15, 2012 BHP Billiton puts its money on the iron ore market and China BHP Billiton Ltd. (NYSE:BHP) is betting on the iron ore market as one of the forces to drive the mining industry in the next decade, especially as developing nations such…
May 15, 2012 Junior company hoping to extend Kalgoorlie’s Golden Mile The heartland for gold mining in Australia - Kalgoorlie's Golden Mile - will have the southern extension revisited after decades on inaction.
May 15, 2012 Up to 8 bidders eyeing Ivanhoe Australia gold/copper mine stakes Two sources with knowledge of the matter say second-round bids are due later this month, with preliminary interest seen from Anglo American, OZ Minerals, Vedanta Group and Aditya Birla Group.
Midnight Sun rises on Zambia-DRC copper district where superpowers converge Company just released an initial resource in the heart of the Zambian-Congo Copperbelt. February 08, 2026 | 06:36 am
