Asia Pacific

Rio Tinto did not make a song and dance when it started mining at its Silvergrass project in Australia's Pilbara in August. After getting flak from politicians and competitors alike about its aggressive expansion strategy, the Melbourne-based giant probably...

Rio Tinto CEO Sam WalshIron ore fell to a record low on a spot price basis on Monday with the Northern China 62% Fe import price including freight and insurance (CFR) dropping 1.3% to $38.90 a tonne. After a...

Aiming to become the premier technology innovation event for the resources sector in Australia, Unearthed Demo Day will showcase some of the sector’s most exciting technology startups and facilitate a conversation about industry’s preparedness for the impact of new...

Immersive Technologies has released details on improvements their customers are achieving in Western Australia. Among the results reported are improvements in cycle times, production, time between machine failure and savings in training time. Few sectors have been under as...

With Japan finally restarting some of its nuclear reactor fleet (two reactors have come online since August) and China continuing its breakneck reactor build-out (with 29 reactors in operation and 22 under construction), the one commodity in the natural resource...

D1Rio Tinto’s spectacular 2015 Pink Diamonds Tender collection of 65 rare pink and red diamonds from its Argyle diamond mine has delivered an exceptional result, reflecting global demand and sustained price growth. The Argyle Pink Diamonds Tender, known as...

China has permitted 155 coal-fired power plants this year or about four per week, says Greenpeace in a recently published study. If all the coal plants get built, they will have a total capacity of 123 gigawatts, equivalent to...