Australia’s mining boom is over
It appears as though Australia’s decade-long mining boom is truly over.New figures....
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Vancouver backer of giant Arizona copper mine surges 80% on environment study
Augusta Resource Corp. (TSE, NYSEMKT:AZC) screamed more than 80% higher on....
Figure Eights and Peanut Shells: How Stars Move at the Center of the Galaxy
Two months ago astronomers created a new 3D map of stars at the centre of our Galaxy....
Weak stock market debut for Chinese iron ore miner
Iron ore mining company Hengshi Mining Investments made a poor trading debut on the.....
Australians ’short changed’ by mining boom, main trade union says
Australia’s decade-long mining boom has generated enormous wealth for some. A report i.....
BHP’s Jimblebar iron ore mine opening cancelled due to airport closure
World number one miner BHP Billiton (ASX, NYSE: BHP) has been forced to postpone it....
Rio Tinto goes ahead with $400m iron ore expansion
Mining giant Rio Tinto (ASX, LON, NYSE:RIO) announced Thursday it will invest $400 million to....
Mining billionaire Gina Rinehart is Australia’s chairperson of the year
Australian mining billionaire, Gina Rinehart, was named Thursday Down Under’s chairperson of....
Fast, Furious, Refined: Smaller Black Holes Can Eat Plenty
Observations of a black hole powering an energetic X-ray source in a galaxy some 22 million....
Minister says Peru’s copper production to jump 17% next year
Teck and Newmont is said to be interested in buying Glencore’s giant Las Bambas copper ....
Bitcoin ’miner’ sells $8 million in hardware in 24 hours
A Swedish firm, KnCMiner, sold $8 million worth of their bitcoin mining hardware at $10k per....
Rio Tinto revises Pilbara expansion
Rio Tinto CEO Sam Walsh says the company will go ahead with its Pilbara iron ore expansion....
Greenland iron ore mine gets green light
The Isua project will comprises of a mine, processing plant and 105km concentrate ...