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Rio Tinto 15 pct Falls Iron Ore Mine Production, Expect Iron Ore Mine Demand From Chinese Steel Industry
The rising toll of the global slump and downturn in commodities, is hitting Rio Tinto. And, as is usual in the north of Australia during the wet, the weather played its part again. The world’s third biggest miner revealed yesterday in its March quarter production report that first-quarter iron ore output fell 15% after floods [...]
Controversial Anglo American PLC at Pebble Mining Project in Alaskan Gold Mine
A delegation of native Alaskans and commercial fishermen will head to London next week to confront mining industry giant Anglo American PLC about the controversial Pebble mine project.
Chinalco Interest To Expand Mining Exploration Make More Mining Investment
Chinese Government-owned Chinalco plans to make more Australian mining investments if and when its proposed $US19.5 billion ($A31 billion) cash injection into Rio Tinto succeeds.
Rule Change for Coal Mining Exploration and Industry Sector in West Virginia
Earlier this week, the Environmental Protection Agency approved a last-minute rule change, long sought by the coal industry, to allow mining within 100 feet of rivers and streams.
Thousands protest as Peru cuts mining royalties
Thousands of protesters in Peru’s Tacna province blocked the Pan-American highway on Thursday after Congress approved a bill that would cut mining royalties for the province and give them to neighboring Moquegua.
It was the third day of protests in the two provinces, which have been locked in a dispute over how to share millions of [...]
Thelon decision rattles exploration industry
A controversial recommendation to reject a bid for uranium exploration in the Thelon River Basin will hurt the Northwest Territories, mining industry players say.
The Mackenzie Valley Environmental Impact Review Board recently recommended that Indian and Northern Affairs Minister Jim Prentice turn down an application by Ur Energy Inc. to explore for uranium about 300 kilometres [...]
Security at uranium mine under probe
Security at BHP Billiton’s Olympic Dam mine in South Australia is under investigation after stolen uranium samples were discovered in a camp kilometres away.
A box of uranium oxide samples was found on Monday night at Olympic Dam Village, a construction camp serving the uranium mine in South Australia’s far north, BHP Billiton said.
The uranium samples [...]
Pebble prospect may have a mascot
The massive Pebble copper and gold prospect in Southwest Alaska has a new ally: Pebble Man.
A new business-supported nonprofit called Truth About Pebble will defend the controversial exploration project’s rights to a “full and impartial hearing,” the group’s directors said Thursday.
The directors, including former House Speaker Gail Phillips, unveiled their pro-Pebble campaign at a breakfast [...]
Rapu-Rapu, make or break for mining
Mining boosters insist Filipinos are squandering valuable opportunities for sustainable development by giving companies engaged in this highly controversial extractive industry a hard time.
Litigation and street protests merely stall the discovery of the wealth lying beneath our feet, they say. What fools Filipinos are for passing up this chance at progress!
