Hundreds of jobs have been saved at Mount Isa Mines thanks to new environmental conditions that allows the Mount Isa Mines Copper Smelter and Townsville Copper Refinery to operate until the end of...
Tag - copper
Glencore has announced the commencement of a process to sell its wholly-owned Cobar copper mine in central western New South Wales. A statement from the company said the sale is in response to...
An investigation into the death of a 28-year-old worker at Cadia Ridgeway gold mine on September 6 has recommended regular monitoring of people working alone. The Mine Safety Investigation Unit...
The South Australian Government has announced a plan to triple the size of the copper industry in South Australia, potentially creating thousands of jobs and boosting the economy with billions of...
A drill program of up to 1500m of diamond drilling is now underway at Impact Minerals Limited high-grade copper-nickel-platinum joint venture project near Broken Hill in New South Wales. Seven...
BHP Billiton has confirmed that 380 staff would be axed from it’s Olympic Dam mine in South Australia as the company continue to “simplify”. The latest round of job cuts is the...
A newborn infant will need a lifetime supply of: • 800 pounds of lead • 750 pounds of zinc • 1,500 pounds of copper • 3,593 pounds of aluminum • 32,700 pounds of iron • 26,550 pounds of clays •...
Yesterday’s signing of an historic Australia-China free trade agreement has been applauded by mining chiefs, who say it will boost a flagging resources sector and provide momentum for the...
Late yesterday, BHP Billiton made the expected announcement that the company would split, with a new company created to manage a selection of under-performing assets. The company said in a statement...
In a statement released late Friday, BHP Billiton announced they were strongly considering a ‘demerger of a selection of assets’ as part of their ‘next phase of...
