Rio divestment latest blow to ambitious Pebble Project
TWO local Alaskan charities will be gifted Rio Tinto’s 19.1 per cent shareholding in Northern Dynasty Minerals, owner of the ambitious Pebble mine project.
Rio...
Doray’s Allan Kelly in shock resignation
Mines and Petroleum minister Sean L’Estrange with now former Doray managing director Allan Kelly.
Image: Doray Minerals.By Cameron DrummondDORAY minerals founder and managing director Allan...
Heron awards $107m EPC contract at Woodlawn
The Woodlawn zinc-copper project site near Tarago, NSW. Image: Heron Resources.BY CAMERON DRUMMONDMULTI-commodity focused explorer Heron Resources has awarded a...
Cyclone Debbie no Yasi repeat: Canavan
NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite provides a visible look at Tropical Cyclone Debbie from space. Image: NASA/NOAA/Suomi NPP.
BY REUBEN ADAMS
WHILE figures from the Resources and Energy...
Salt Lake raises $17.6m for pilot plant
Salt Lake Potash intends to become Australia’s first producer of sulphate of potash. Image: Salt Lake Potash.BY CAMERON DRUMMONDWA-based miner...
South32 scraps Metropolitan Colliery buy
Peabody Energy’s Metropolitan Colliery. Image: Peabody EnergyBY CAMERON DRUMMONDBHP Billiton spinoff South32 has scrapped its $US200 million purchase of Peabody Energy’s...
South32 buys $110m Arizona Mining stake
The Hermosa zinc-lead-silver project. Image: Arizona Mining.BY CAMERON DRUMMONDSOUTH32 will pay $C110 million ($107m) for a 15 per cent stake...
Rio partners with Tanzania miner
The JV will encompass the company’s southern tenements in Tanzania including Miteja, Kiswere, Sudi and Mtwara.
Image: Strandline Resources.BY ELIZABETH FABRIRIO Tinto has entered an...
WA continues co-funded drilling initiative
The government co-funding initiative has been going since 2009. Image: Asia Iron.By Cameron Drummond42 PROJECTS across WA will...
Cobalt on a tear
Workers at the Kamoto underground mine in the Congo. Image: Katanga Mining.By Cameron DrummondCOBALT – one of...