Mining Companies Exploration and Mining Investment News

Australia-based gold miner OceanaGold will invest a further $29 million in the next six months in its Philippine copper and gold venture while it seeks a partner for the project, ...

Wesfarmers Ltd.'s second-half profit rose 14 percent on record coal prices and its acquisition of Australia's second-biggest retailer Coles Group Ltd. Net income at Wesfarmers, whose businesses range from mining and ...

Government officials in states across the nation believe that the path to a country that relies less on foreign oil rests in the coal beneath their feet, and many of ...

Hyundai Steel, South Korea's second-largest steelmaker, will buy more than 8 million tonnes of coking coal from BHP Billiton, worth US$2.4 billion (HK$18.72 billion) at present prices, to secure supplies ...

Will world’s largest miner BHP Billiton Ltd’s attempt to take over the third biggest mining firm Rio Tinto Ltd influence the global iron prices? That is the billion dollar question ...

The Rio Arriba County Commission has approved a 180-day extension on a four-month ban on new oil and gas drilling in the county. Commissioners voted to extend the ban Monday to ...

The power ministry, struggling to achieve the capacity addition target of 78,700mw in 11th Plan, has proposed public private partnership (PPP) model for the power sector. The ministry’s suggestion is crucial ...

A torrid global market is squeezing domestic supply of high-grade coal as mining companies divert shipments to countries willing to pay much higher prices. That’s why U.S. coal exports should ...