VIMY Resources managing director Mike Young has called for change in Australia’s approach to the uranium during a presentation at the Diggers & Dealers Mining Forum in Kalgoorlie. Drilling at Mulga Rock. After opening remarks comparing uranium to the Collingwood Football Club as a symbol which he said evoked irrational emotion in people, Young challenged […]

The final Minerals4EU Stakeholder Workshop was organised on the 17th June, as part of the 8th European Congress on Regional Geoscientific Cartography and Information Systems (EureGeo), held in Barcelona. The Congress was attended by over 150 scientists from all around Europe. Mr Ovadia, the exploitation manager of the Minerals4EU project, opened the workshop highlighting the […]

One of Ukraine’s most powerful oligarchs has called for some of the country’s prized industrial assets to be nationalised, claiming that their privatisation was a criminal conspiracy to rob the state of billions of dollars. Igor Kolomoisky, a billionaire businessman, told the Financial Times that Ukraine should not receive any new funds from the International […]

A new ICMM report provides a comprehensive picture of how important mining is to economies across the world, with evidence that the mining and metals industry makes its most significant contribution in the most impoverished regions of the world. The role of mining in national economies builds an understanding of the scope, scale, impact and […]

Brussels, 20 November 2014: Today at the Non-Energy Extractive Industry Panel Conference, Euromines presented its position paper: “Minerals Industry Contribution to Sustainable Development”. In the document, Euromines’ members highlight the importance of needing a healthy industrial market within the EU, what the mining industry needs to answer the new European Commissioner’s call for increased investment […]

ARAFURA Resources has provided more detail on the development timeline for its Nolans rare earth project in the Northern Territory, forecasting production to start in 2019.   The site of Arafura’s Nolans project in the Northern Territory. The new update came with the release of the Nolans development report, which will form the backbone of […]