THE QUEENSLAND Resources Council (QRC) has announced that Botswana has overtaken Queensland as a preferred destination for new mining investment as declared by the latest Fraser Institute rankings of global mining provinces.
09/03/2009
OUTOTEC has announced the appointment of Andrew Okely as Director – Sales and Marketing for Outotec in Australia.
28/09/2009
RIOTINTO director Jim Leng’s departure reveals divisions within the boardroom over the company’s future direction.
10/02/2009
AUSTRALIA’S struggling mining companies are being threatened by opportunistic foreign investment.
09/02/2009
CHINA Non-Ferrous Metal Mining Co (CNMC) would like to inject $252 million into Lynas as well as finance the planned development of the company’s Mount Weld rare earths project in Western Australia.
04/05/2009
THE SOUTH Australian Minister for Mineral Resources Development, Paul Holloway claims the government plans to promote the state’s mining projects overseas.
17/03/2009
THE MINERALS Council of Australia has come under attack for failing to accept the emissions trading scheme (ETS).
20/03/2009
WESTERN Australian Premier Colin Barnett has been accused of pandering to China’s wishes to secure increased investment in the state's major resources projects.
30/07/2009
CHINALCO'S new president Weiping Xiong, has said the company is interested in further investment in Australia’s mining industry.
03/03/2009
OZ MINERALS shares have traded 16% lower than the China Minmetals $2.6b takeover offer refuelling debate over wether the deal would be in Australia’s best interests.
18/02/2009
DRAGON Energy has announced it is looking to invest in new mining projects and is comfortable with deal sizes of up to $100m.
12/03/2009
THE CHAMBER of Minerals and Energy (CME) is warning Premier Colin Barnett about the message he is sending foreign investors.
23/09/2008
Mining industry leaders should end their scaremongering campaign over the carbon pollution reduction scheme, a coalition of union, environment, welfare and research groups said outside the headquarters of the Australian Coal Association (ACA).
24/11/2009
A RESCUE deal for a troubled nickel miner in Western Australia has sparked hope for the state’s minerals industry.
17/11/2008
CITIGOLD’S Managing Director Mark Lynch says gold mining is a great business in these turbulent times.
16/03/2009
CHINA Minmetals has offered buy Australia’s debt- laden OZ Minerals for $2.6b.
17/02/2009
RED Rock Resources says it has purchased a $200,000 mobile gold treatment plant from Resource Gold Proprietary and plans to buy a second.
20/04/2009
As at October 2009, the value of advanced minerals and energy projects was a record $112.5 billion, an increase of 40 per cent from April 2009.
20/11/2009
UNIFIED Theory (UTI) says that when designing and building a facility as complex as a large mineral processing plant, good communications between the designers and owner are essential.
30/06/2009
THE UPCOMING Iron Ore 2009 Conference has been jointly organised by CSIRO and The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (The AusIMM) and will discuss some of the challenges for sustaining iron ore growth in the minerals sector; looking ahead to ensure that the growth can continue with vigour.
16/07/2009