The Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) has released a research report prepared by the National Institute of Labour Studies (NILS) of Flinders University on the Labour Force Outlook for the Australian Minerals Sector to 2020. MCA Director of Education and Training, Chris Fraser, said “the ‘super cycle’ of global demand for our products is expected […]

Norton Gold Fields today opened its off-market scrip offer for all ordinary shares of Bellamel Mining. Bellamel shareholders will receive four Norton shares for every five Bellamel shares. The Board of Bellamel unanimously recommends that Bellamel shareholders accept the offer and have indicated that they intend to accept the offer with respect to all shares […]

Paste ‘09 will be held April 21-24 in Viña del Mar, Chile. The deadline for submitting abstracts is August 4. As it has been since 2006, International Mining is the international media partner for this important event. Paste and high density thickened tailings is now recognised as a consolidated technology which has been gaining greater interest […]

Vimetco, the global producer of primary and processed aluminium products, ha acquired the whole of the issued share capital of Global Aluminium Ltd fom Titanium Resources Group. Global Aluminium’s main subsidiary, Sierra Mineral Holdings I, Ltd (SML), owns an operating bauxite mine under a mining lease with the Government of Sierra Leone, which occupies 322 km2 […]

Kinross Gold and Aurelian Resources have approved a business combination by way of a friendly offer by Kinross to acquire 100% of the outstanding common shares of Aurelian, and the Boards of Directors have signed a Support Agreement pursuant to which Aurelian’s Board of Directors has unanimously agreed to support the Kinross offer. The total value of […]

Potash Corp of Saskatchewan (PotashCorp) today reported record second-quarter earnings of $2.82 per share ($905.1 million), a 220% increase over the $0.88 per share ($285.7 million) earned in last year’s second quarter. This represents the highest quarterly earnings in company history - 62% above the record $1.74 per share ($566.0 million) set in first-quarter 2008 […]