Skyrocketing yellowcake prices are prompting major players to sit up and take notice of uranium’s potential on the global stage. Soaring to $US80 ($121.9) per pound this month, the commodity reached its highest peak since March 2008. It seems uranium’s...
Westgold Resources has approved the Big Bell mine expansion, part of the company’s Cue gold operation in Western Australia. The Big Bell expansion will incorporate a new long hole open stoping (LHOS) operation below the existing sub level cave. The LHOS operation’s...
Carbon mineralisation company Arca has kicked off its pilot program with BHP, using mine tailings from BHP’s Mount Keith nickel west mine for air-to-rock carbon mineralisation. The program has been supported with a CDN$1.25 million grant from the B.C. Centre for...
Angola has officially started diamond mining at its new Luele project, the biggest in the country and one of the world’s largest by estimated resources, it said on Monday, at a time when global diamond demand is already depressed. Demand for diamond jewellery...
ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) has indicated that it may close its long-products business, which could result in the loss of 3 500 direct and contractor jobs at its Newcastle and Vereeniging operations. In a statement, the JSE-listed company said the potential...
