Mass shooting at Burkina Faso mine

AN attack on a convoy of five busses carrying employees to the Bongou mine in Burkina Faso has left 37 dead and 60 injured.Workers...

MCA report on tailings risks

A SPATE of deadly tailings dam accidents and the identification of two BHP tailings dams as being at “extreme risk” have prompted Minerals Council...

Cataby mine green lit

Iluka’s Synthetic Rutile kiln 2 where Cataby production will be processed. Image: Iluka Resources.  BY ELIZABETH FABRI  MINERAL sands producer Iluka Resources’ has approved the development...

Epiroc And BluVein Enter Into MoU On Accelerating EV Use In...

Electrification solutions from Epiroc support mining customers in their transformation towards using Battery Electric Vehicles (BEV).To further strengthen this approach the company has agreed...

Australian dams at extreme risk

REVIEWS of the risks associated with tailings dams around the world have revealed that some structures built in Australia to store mining waste carry...

Peabody Energy to sell North Goonyella

US coal company Peabody Energy is considering selling all or part of its interest in the North Goonyella coking coal mine in Queensland, Australia,...

Northern Star closes Echo takeover

AFTER launching a $193m takeover bid late in August, Northern Star Resources  (ASX: NST) has closed the deal to acquire the controlling interest of...

Coalition to block Victorian gold royalty

THE Victorian Liberal National Coalition will block the Andrew’s Government’s planned 2.75pc gold royalty when it is tabled in the state parliament.Introduced at the...

Iluka considers demerger

WITH the development of BHP’s South Flank well underway, Iluka Resources is considering a demerger of the royalty it pockets from BHP’s Mining Area...

Agnew off-grid energy system

STAGE one of Gold Fields’ Agnew hybrid renewables project, just out of Lenister in WA, has been officially opened.The hybrid micro grid is owned...