BHP may leave Australia’s top mining lobby group

Having trouble viewing this email?  View online Australia News Digest Friday 22 September 2017 Home     Gold     Silver     Africa     Asia     Australia     China     Europe     Latin America BHP may leave Australia's top mining lobby group Investors will decide next month whether the company should quit the Minerals Council of Australia due to conflicting views on climate change and energy policy. read » Iron ore price craters Benchmark price down 7.4% on Thursday. read » Indian billionaire Agarwal to be Anglo American's top shareholder He intends to buy as much as 1.5 billion pounds (about$2 billion) worth of additional Anglo American shares. read » Aussie consortium to spend $12m in research to boost copper production Initiative is part of South Australia's government strategy that aims to triple the state's copper production to one-million tonnes a year by 2030. read » Rio Tinto's chief financial officer Chris Lynch to retire in 2018 He joined the company's board in September 2011 and was appointed chief financial officer in April 2013. read » Australia's Newcrest restarts output at part of quake-damaged gold mine Cadia – the company's biggest and lowest-cost source of gold – led to a 55-percent fall in gold output at the mine in the June quarter. read » New WA nickel mine hoping to cash in on battery demand A new nickel mine that just opened in Western Australia is pinning its hopes on the use of nickel in electric vehicle batteries. read » Conservative radio personality takes on Adani A TV ad featuring a famous radio broadcaster is pushing to 'stop the taxpayer loan' to the Indian group read » Newmont begins production at Tanami expansion project in Australia Company expects to increase gold production at Tanami by 80,000 ounces annually, reaching between 425,000-475,000 ounces a year. read » Canada's Trevali among world's top zinc producers with Glencore mines buy Acquisition makes of the Canadian miner one of the few multi-asset, low-cost global zinc producers. read » SolGold on a roll in Ecuador, extends mineralization at Cascabel The Cascabel project is located in the northern portion of the Andean copper belt in Ecuador, renowned for hosting almost half the world's copper known reserves. read » Rio opens 16th Pilbara iron ore mine Silvergrass adds 10 million tonnes of iron ore to the market as price stabilizes in the mid-$70s. read » Glencore to offload second coal mine in Australia in less than three months Decision comes as the Swiss-based miner and commodities trader rethinks how to deploy capital as its cuts debt. read » Iron ore's recent reversal likely the start of longer slide: Russell As always when prices start to decline after a surge that appeared unrelated to supply-demand fundamentals, the question is will the reverse become a rout and where exactly does fair value lie? read » Australia state raises gold royalty, other mining fees to repair budget Gold miners in Western Australia state are being hit with an increase in royalty payments under measures released on Thursday that are designed to return the one-time "economic engine of a nation" to fiscal health via revenue from the mining sector. read » Australia's Blair Athol coal mine ramps up production The company announced the appointment of Wallace Macarthur King as non-executive chairman of its board read » BHP Olympic Dam produces first copper cathode from heap leach pilot plan Bureau Veritas' state-of-the art mineral testing facility in Adelaide is supporting BHP and South Australia to achieve their Copper Growth Strategies. read » BHP Billiton Foundation launches two new transparency projects BHP Billiton Foundation announced Tuesday its financial support for two new global projects launched at an event held in Washington DC. read » Innovation comes full circle Kal Tire's new tyre management innovation program was created to help improve mine site productivity and safety. read » Pitram the focus at Underground Operators Conference The annual event is celebrating its 40th year and is shaping up as one of the largest programs the conference has ever presented. read » Read more Australia news on MINING.com » Home     Gold     Silver     Africa     Asia     Australia     China     Europe     Latin America About Us   |  Privacy Policy  |  Unsubscribe   |  Contact Us   |  Advertise This email was sent to you by InfoMine Inc. 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