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The South Australian Government has granted a mining lease to Rex Minerals' $800m Hillside copper, gold and iron ore project near Ardrossan on the Yorke Peninsula.   In addition to the mining lease, the government has also provided for...

Forty one members of the British Parliament have signed an early day motion that seeks to eliminate “slavery-like” working conditions in Eritrea’s mines, which they say it the main cause for over 5,000 people fleeing the country every month....

German equipment manufacturer Liebherr said this week the group’s overall turnover for this year is expected to be close to $11 billion (€8.87 billion), slightly below (1%) what achieved in 2013.   While the decline does not seem significant,...

Russian workers at Alrosa's Udachnaya diamond mine have found a strange red and green 30 mm rock containing over 30,000 tiny diamonds, which may yield valuable information about how the precious gems form in natural conditions.   While...

Whitehaven Coal has started transporting coal from its Maules Creek in New South Wales (NSW) earlier than expected.   The first coal-laden train departed the mine site heading for the port at Newcastle following a test train.   As...

China is to cut export tariffs on coal from 1 January 2015, as part of the country's efforts to re-order trade and foster economic growth.   Said to be the world's largest consumer of coal, China will also adjust...

The European Union voted by a extremely narrow majority Wednesday against a proposed fuel quality directive that would have stigmatized as "dirty" all imports coming from Canadian oil producers, and which Ottawa has been fighting for over two years....