Dr. R. Anthony (Tony) Hodge has been appointed ICMM President and will take up his position on October 1. ICMM Chairman (and CEO, Lonmin) Brad Mills welcomed Tony Hodge at a meeting of the ICMM Council -  made up of the CEOs of all member companies - held in Miami on May 14. Mills said, “I am […]

Massey Energy Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Don Blankenship addressed the Company’s annual meeting on May 13 and said that he believes Massey’s reserves “will prove to be more valuable than those of any other North American coal company.”  Citing 20 years of successful execution of a “Position to Win” strategy, Blankenship spoke of Massey’s increasing […]

Vale has signed an MOU with Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Cooperation (JOGMEC) to enhance mutual co-operation as strategic partners, focusing on technology development for exploration of natural resources in Africa.  Vale and JOGMEC have agreed to discuss matters for sharing information gained at the Remote Sensing Centre to be established by JOGMEC, the Republic of […]

A groundbreaking youth program in the remote communities of western South Australia is promising to become a model for resources companies wanting to genuinely connect with their Indigenous neighbours. That is the outcome already from the program in just its first few months of early work. An initiative of Adelaide-based energy company Beach Petroleum and […]

BHP Billiton has reached agreement to sell the 11.5 Mt/y Optimum Colliery (a thermal coal mine within BHP Billiton’s South African portfolio), together with 6.5 Mt/y of Richards Bay Coal Terminal entitlement to an entity controlled by a Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) consortium, Optimum Coal Holdings (OCH). OCH is a broad-based BEE grouping led by […]

Equinox Minerals has secured the long-term land title to some 35,000 ha (350 km2) of township and mine operating areas at its Large Scale Mining License located in the Northwestern province of Zambia where Equinox is currently commissioning the Lumwana copper mine and progressing its Lumwana uranium project through permitting. Land title, or ‘surface rights’, […]