BHP celebrated two significant milestones at Olympic Dam with first ore from the high-grade underground expansion into the Southern Mining Area (SMA) and the first copper cathode produced from its heap leach Research and Development trials. Olympic Dam Asset President Jacqui McGill said BHP is taking steps towards unlocking the…

The Rio Tinto board has reconfirmed its recommendation that shareholders vote in favour of the sale of its wholly-owned subsidiary Coal & Allied Industries Limited to Yancoal Australia Limited . The recommendation follows consideration by the board of a counter proposal from Glencore plc and a proposal from Yancoal comprising…

Newcrest has partnered with telecommunications and technology company, Telstra, to become the first gold miner in thesouthern hemisphere to deliver O3b’s high-speed broadband through its new 100 megabits per second (Mbps) satellite link tothe Lihir gold mine in New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea. The new medium-earth-orbit (MEO) satellite link,…

Rio Tinto has awarded more than $900 million in contracts to Queensland suppliers as the development of the world class Amrun bauxite project on Cape York Peninsula continues.                                            …

Hecla Mining Company’s President and CEO, Phillips S. Baker, Jr., will participate in a panel discussion at the CIBC Institutional Investor Conference in Whistler, BC, on Friday, January 27, 2017, at 11:10 a.m. PT. An audiocast of the panel discussion will be available at https://webcasts.welcome2theshow.com/cibcwhistler2017. Hecla will be at the…