RNC Minerals recovers giant gold slab from its mine in Australia

Having trouble viewing this email?  View online Australia News Digest Friday 19 October 2018 Home     Gold     Silver     Africa     Asia     Australia     China     Europe     Latin America RNC Minerals recovers giant gold slab from its mine in Australia The company believes the stones are among the biggest of their kind ever unearthed in the country. read » These ten mines will make money – even if gold price falls to $550 Nevada gold mines keep "rocking the boat." read » Australians find extremely rare mineral in meteorite impact crater Researchers from Curtin University discovered reidite, one of the rarest minerals on Earth buried deep within an ancient meteorite crater in Western Australia. read » Rio Tinto delays start of Oyu Tolgoi expansion due to technical issues First production from the $5.3 billion underground expansion of Oyu Tolgoi was originally scheduled for early 2020. read » Mining at Gold Road and Gold Fields JV in Australia to start next month Overall project engineering at the 270,000 ounce-a-year Guyere gold project, which is already more than A$100 million over its original budget of A$507 million, is now 96 percent complete read » More than 400 jobs to go at Glencore's Hail Creek coal mine The company also said it would reconfigure the mining methods used at Hail Creek, a process that will be phased in over the next 18 months. read » Australia's coal sector hopeful A new report prepared for the Minerals Council of Australia forecasts that the demand for metallurgical coal to 2030 will grow by over 95Mt. read » Lynas jumps after its critic in Malaysian Gov't leaves review team Deputy Minister Fuziah Salleh, a long-standing critic of Lynas' plant, offered to step down from the committee reviewing the facility following criticism that she would not be impartial. read » The top ten zinc producing mines in the world India clinches the title for largest zinc mine with Rampura Agucha. read » Anson Resources produces first lithium hydroxide from Utah project With this development, the Australian miner has now produced both lithium carbonate and lithium hydroxide from Paradox, its flagship project. read » Axiom soars on near supply deal for Isabel nickel mine in Solomon Islands Mining at the project in the Pacific nation will start in December, with ore shipments expected to begin in the first quarter of next year. read » BHP and Vale reach final settlement in Brazil over dam failure The definitive agreement comes almost three years after the incident, which killed 19 people and became the country's worst ever environmental disaster. read » Lynas presses Malaysian authorities to explain plant review status The newly-elected coalition government is said to be ready to launch a three-month evaluation of Lynas' rare earths processing plant, which may end with authorities denying the company's operating license renewal in Sep. 2019. read » Rio Tinto, Japanese partners to inject $1.55B into Aussie iron ore projects The company said the investment would enable it to sustain production of its Pilbara Blend brand of iron ore and its Robe Valley lump and fines products. read » Metallurgical coal prices starting to slip: Fitch Fitch suggests that miners' focus would probably be on cost controls. read » World's top miner embracing the boom in electric car batteries BHP Billiton Ltd. is boosting sales of the top-quality nickel that's needed for electric vehicle batteries, another sign that the world's biggest miner is targeting more opportunities in the booming sector. read » Rio Tinto Says Q3 production falls on planned maintenance and safety pauses Iron shipments fell about 5 percent, hurt by planned maintenance and safety pauses across all operations following a fatality. read » BHP raises stake in promising Ecuador copper project BHP has agreed to pay 45 pence per SolGold share. read » Australia's Atlas Iron names ex-Hancock executive CEO in board overhaul Sanjiv Manchanda replaces Cliff Lawrenson as named CEO in overhaul. read » Alumina wake-up call for the aluminium supply chain No one will be taking alumina for granted any more. read » Australia wrestles with saving the Great Barrier Reef Ask four Australians why the Great Barrier Reef is bleaching, and you'll hear four different answers. read » BHP sees stock briefly spike before closing auction in Australia It was just one trade of 5,000 shares, and it happened after the regular trading day. But it was enough to spike the price. read » Peabody Energy to shut parts of Queensland mine after fire Peabody Energy intends to permanently seal the area where high methane levels have been concentrated after it reported fire in its North Goonyella mine. read » Australia's Fortescue announces $353m share buyback program The program will begin after the iron ore miner releases its quarterly report on Oct. 25 and will remain in place for a period of up to 12 months. read » Mineral industry needs to change its exploration and financing model if dearth of green fields discoveries to be overcome Australia's chronic shortage of Greenfields mineral discoveries can only be overcome by changing the sector's exploration, financing and training models, according to a keynote speaker at a major international geoscience forum. read » Extending the life of mine beyond its life as a mine For Tom Butler – CEO of the International Council on Mining and Metals – ensuring that mines have alternative uses post closure is an essential step in building and maintaining a company's social license to operate. read » Australian tungsten producer Wolf Minerals says its British unit has stopped trading Wolf Minerals said on Thursday that it could not meet its short-term working capital needs after failing to reach a deal with its financial backers. 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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