Australian gas users fear shortage as LNG exports grow

Australia is on its way to becoming the world's top exporter of liquefied natural gas, but industrial consumers on the country's east coast are worried gas producers will ship so much to Asia's booming economies that domestic supplies will be...

Ferguson says CSG ‘critical’ to meet future east coast demand

Federal Resources and Energy Minister Martin Ferguson has warned coal seam gas (CSG) detractors that Australia’s ability to meet future east coast gas demand would be “critically” dependent on the extent to which the industry is allowed to...

Lynas on track to start Malaysia plant in June

Lynas Corp Ltd said on Thursday it was on track to start up its rare earths plant in Malaysia next month after an official in the country called it "the safest rare earths plant in the world." The plant in Kuantan on the east coast of Malaysia,...

Boleo copper/cobalt/zinc/manganese mine, Mexico

Baja Mining has reported that it will require additional funding of about $246-million to complete the $1.14-billion Boleo project.

20/04/2012 (On-The-Air)

South Africans are spearheading a new mining thrust in bauxite-rich West Africa; Gold is supplying a missing piece in South Africa’s quest to regrow its industrialisation base; and Eskom intends taking the power of the sun to a new level in...

Kell technology ignites industry-creating hopes for platinum sector

A new technology – the Kell process – is igniting hopes that South Africa will be able to create a new industrial thrust out of its unique platinum endowment. There is a snowballing conviction at high level that South Africa could and should...

Company Announcement: RCT opens new branch

Australian mining technology supplier Remote Control Technologies has opened a new Queensland branch office, in Brisbane, continuing the build-up in regional support for its world-leading products.

Nickel mine undertakes R1.7m smokestack refurbishment

Rope access specialist Skyriders Access Specialists have been contracted to refurbish the Ambatovy power plant smokestacks, at a nickel and cobalt project in Tamatave, on the east coast of Madagascar.

Companies eager to reap fruits of Mozambique’s coal reserves

Internationally, Mozambique's promising geography and geology has become known. Lying on Africa's southeast coast, it is in a prime position to ship coal to hungry and growing Asian markets such as India and China.

Voisey's Bay, Canada

A nickel mine, situated in Canada.

Company Announcement: East Coast In The Final Stages Of Acquisition Of Austrian Lithium Project

Attached please find a press release on: Australian based exploration and mining company, East Coast Minerals NL (ASX: ECM) (“East Coast” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the following updates in relation to its proposed...

Cyclone season hits Australia’s March quarter gold output

Australian gold production fell by 7% during the March quarter, as cyclonic rains dislocated mining operations, industry consultant Surbiton Associates said over the weekend. During the three months to the end of March, Australian gold production...