Glencore: Fuelling demand
Coal trucks at the Newlands coal mine, QLD. All images: Glencore.
BY CAMERON DRUMMOND
ON the back of resurgent coal prices, mining giant Glencore has boosted...
Newcrest: Standing proud
All images: Newcrest.
BY ELIZABETH FABRI
ON the back of one of its most eventful years to date, including an earthquake at its Cadia operation in...
Trial mining makes Impact
PERTH-BASED junior Impact Minerals has set the ball rolling for trial mining at its Blackridge gold project in Queensland.
Following an agreement for tribute mining...
BHP Unveils First Fully Electric Jumbo at Olympic Dam
BHP has unveiled a fully electric Jumbo at Olympic Dam to support the company’s target to reduce operational greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, including by...
Yancoal to purchase Rio Coal & Allied
Mount Thorley Warkworth in the Hunter Valley was one of the mines that would be sold. Image: Rio Tinto.
By Elizabeth Fabri
CHINESE–owned Yancoal Australia has...
Nickel miner posts half-year profit jump, raises production guidance
IN a dramatic turnaround from its $96.2 million loss in the second half of 2013, Australian nickel miner Western Areas has posted a 29...
Tailings dam disaster strikes Samarco
By Samantha JamesTHE collapse of a tailings dam at the Vale-BHP Billiton owned Samarco operation in Brazil has resulted in flooding across more than...
New Rio head overhauls structure
Rio Tinto’s new chief executive and managing director Jean-Sébastien Jacques.
By Elizabeth Fabri
RIO TINTO’s newly appointed chief executive Jean-Sébastien Jacques has unveiled changes to the organisation’s...
Research projects get industry backing
BHP Billiton was one of the miners that would be working together with the university research teams. Image: BHP Billiton.
By Elizabeth Fabri
FOUR university research...
BHP restructures for ‘agility’
By Samantha JamesON the back of a multi-billion net loss for the second half of 2015, BHP Billiton will implement a new operating model...