March 20, 2019

Imperial Metals pulls ‘a rabbit out of the hat’ with Red Chris deal

Investors ‘flabbergasted’ at $1.1b stake taken in Red Chris mine by Australia’s Newcrest.

March 20, 2019

Cyclone lurks off West Australia as storm hits Rio mine in East

Cyclone Trevor is expected to rapidly strengthen as it moves into the Gulf of Carpentaria, and is forecast to skirt South32 Ltd.’s manganese mine and a Glencore-operated zinc project

March 20, 2019

Zinc price builds on 2019 rally as stocks reach just 2 days consumption

Inventories are down 55% this year and are on course to reach levels last seen in 1990.

March 20, 2019

Data scientists and geoscientists offered A$1m to predict next big mineral deposit in South Australia

The idea is to speed up the exploration lifecycle and allow miners to analyse information at a much faster rate than before.

March 20, 2019

Australian scientists developing tool capable of delving deeper into Earth’s rock layers

The experts from Curtin University say the mechanism promises to be crucial for the country's mining and petroleum sectors.

March 20, 2019

Rio Tinto halts operations at north Australian bauxite mine as cyclone nears

Weipa bauxite mining operations are located at the northeastern tip of the country.

March 20, 2019

Australian junior wants to grab Glencore’s copper mine for $575 million

The underground CSA mine, located in the state of New South Wales, produced 48,000 tonnes of copper concentrate last year.

March 19, 2019

Miner KGHM extends negotiations with union at Chilean copper mine

The company had until the end of Tuesday to request government mediation to help reach a deal with the union of 520 workers.

March 19, 2019

Kinross takes 9.7% stake in Wolfden Resources

The two companies will form of a committee to explore Wolfden’s Pickett Mountain volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) deposit in Maine.

March 19, 2019

Codelco copper smelter restart delayed – Chile mining minister

The smelter has had its restart delayed because of issues related to Canadian construction firm SNC-Lavalin, contracted for the project.