Asia Pacific

Adani Enterprises $7bn coal mine, rail and port project in Queensland, Australia, has received a loan of up to $1bn from the State Bank of India (SBI), coinciding with the high-profile visit of Indian prime minister Narendra Modi.  ...

Rio Tinto and Sinosteel have signed a heads of agreement to advance negotiations for a second extension to the Channar Mining iron ore joint venture (JV) in Western Australia's Pilbara region.   The original Channar JV, which was signed...

Erdene Resource Development has begun resource definition drilling programme at its wholly owned Altan Nar gold-polymetallic project in the Tien Shan Gold Belt of south-west Mongolia.   The drill programme aims to establish a near-surface, National Instrument (NI) 43-101-compliant...

The South Australian Government is planning to increase the value of mineral and energy resource production to $10bn a year by 2017, creating 5,000 new jobs.   The government unveiled a resource production record of $7.5bn in 2013 to...

China has declared the deaths of 21 miners who had been trapped inside the collapsed Dongfang mine in Huainan City.   Confirmation has come two and half months after the accident ocurred in the eastern part of the country,...

BHP Billiton has cancelled plans to sell its Nickel West business in Western Australia, as the company has failed to find a buyer willing to pay its price.   The decision follows a review by BHP on Nickel West,...

The largest foreign producer of gold in China Eldorado Gold is planning to sell its Chinese mines for $1.5bn.   China National Gold Group, the country's biggest producer of the commodity, is reportedly interested in the deal, as well...