BHP and clean energy provider TransAlta have debuted a new solar farm in the Goldfields region of Western Australia. It is said that the new solar and battery storage facility is one of the world’s largest off-grid mining solar and battery energy storage systems, and...
Metro Mining has produced four million tonnes (Mt) of bauxite at its Bauxite Hills mine, a record for the company. The Bauxite Hills mine is located 95km north of Weipa on Western Cape York, near the coast on the Skardon River in far north Queensland. It...
China exported small amounts of two minerals crucial to high-tech manufacturing in October, marking a resumption in sales after a two-month hiatus caused by Beijing’s restrictions. The controls on germanium, gallium and their chemical compounds, used to make...
Chilean State-owned miner Codelco, the world’s largest copper producer, said on Tuesday it had extracted ore for the first time from the Rajo Inca project. Rajo Inca, which is more than 60% built, is set to formally kick...
Uranium prices topped $80 a pound for the first time in more than fifteen years on renewed demand for nuclear power and disrupted supplies. Nymex futures tracking physical-market contracts for a raw form of uranium known as yellowcake hit $80.25 a pound on Monday....
BHP has released its Recapturing Australia’s Competitiveness report, which outlines the current and future challenges and opportunities for the Australian mining sector. The report analyses the financial success of Australia’s mining sector during...
