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United States mines in 2016 produced an estimated $74.6 billion of raw mineral materials, a slight increase from 2015, the U.S. Geological Survey announced Tuesday. The information comes from the 40th annual Mineral Commodity Summaries report, the earliest comprehensive...

BHP Billiton has reported a record amount of iron ore production across its mines in Western Australia for the second half of 2016 due to the ramp up of its Jimblebar mine in the Pilbara.The world's biggest miner produced...

New Hope Group has secured federal government Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (EPBC) approval for its New Acland Stage 3 Continuation Project in Queensland, Australia. New Hope Group managing director Shane Stephan stated that the approval demonstrates the...

Further to the announcement on 29 December 2015, the Company announces that its South African subsidiaries, International Ferro Metals Limited and International Ferro Metals SA Holdings have entered into a settlement agreement with Rustenburg Platinum Mines Limited ("RPM") regarding...

The New Acland mine is an open-cut, thermal coal mine located near the Acland town, 14km north-west of Oakey Town, Queensland, Australia. Owned and operated by New Acland Coal (NAC), a subsidiary of Australian mining company New Hope Group,...

Two federal agencies have approved a 2.4-mile-long open pit phosphate mine proposed by a Canadian company in southeastern Idaho. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service late last week issued separate decisions approving the plan by...

Suzlon secures another order from National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) Installation of 24 units of S97-90 m tubular tower with rated capacity of 2.1MW each Also to offer operation and maintenance service for an initial period of 10 years through an...