BHP closes $1.63bn stake sale in Aussie gas venture to PetroChina The news comes less than two months after operator Woodside shelved the project in its current form. Cecilia Jamasmie | June 7, 2013 | 1:29 pm
Barrick Gold axes jobs in Australia The world’s largest gold company said there might be more job losses in the coming months. Cecilia Jamasmie | June 7, 2013 | 12:19 pm
Force majeure at large Chinese copper producer, supply cut by half China’s third largest copper producer announcement comes only a few weeks after outages at two large copper mines in Indonesia and the US. Cecilia Jamasmie | June 6, 2013 | 11:20 pm
Lonmin hires more security stuff as union votes for strike Company said it will not tolerate further violence, Cecilia Jamasmie | June 6, 2013 | 4:27 pm
CEO of London Metal Exchange quits Martin Abbott agreed to stay in his current position until the end of this year. Cecilia Jamasmie | June 6, 2013 | 2:44 pm
Vedanta halts plan to cut jobs in Zambian mines Measure is expected to reduce tensions with the Zambian government, which threatened to take over the mine in May. Cecilia Jamasmie | June 6, 2013 | 2:34 pm
Iron ore mine faces fresh charges of risking Tasmanian devils Mining in the region would imperil the survival of the only robust Tasmanian devil population still left in the wild. Cecilia Jamasmie | June 6, 2013 | 1:50 pm
ENRC board gets investors backing, shares buybacks blocked Directors want to to take ENRC private. Cecilia Jamasmie | June 5, 2013 | 6:03 pm
Glencore Xstrata shelves $139 million copper mine expansion project Company confirmed Wednesday it had dismissed contractor Macmahon Holdings, which was hired for the project. Cecilia Jamasmie | June 5, 2013 | 3:37 pm
Marine experts demand Australia stop reef mine, ports plans More than 150 scientists from 33 institutions signed a letter warning the Australian government of the mounting threats to the Great Barrier Reef from new coal ports and other industrial projects. Cecilia Jamasmie | June 5, 2013 | 2:47 pm
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