Boart Longyear has faced a year of heavy setbacks and losses, and may look at breaking up the drilling services and products divisions.
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World’s oldest rocks found in Australia
The world’s oldest rock, a 4.4 billion year old zircon crystal, has been uncovered in Western Australia’s Jack Hills region.
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Careers in Mining: Geologist [infographic]
As part of its series on the ins and outs of different mining careers, Mine Staffing International has released its latest infographic on roles in mining.
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Mining grade reporting and exploration: The importance of rigorous reporting [blog]
The Economic Geologist takes to task the poor state of mining grade reporting by some junior explorers in the industry.
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Kazakhstan announces new mining laws
Kazakhstan has announced a new change to its current mining codes in a bid to encourage international investment.
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Forrest loses fight against mining exploration on his farmland
Mining magnate Andrew Forrest has lost the latest round of his fight against mining exploration on his Pilbara cattle station.
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Queensland LNG industry to create 20,000 jobs
Queensland’s gas boom is set to continue with predictions that in the next two decades the industry will lift the state’s real gross domestic product by an average of $25 billion a year.
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Partnership developed to create new exploration technologies
Geoscience Australia and the DET CRC are partnering together to uncover new Australian mineral provinces.
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Top 10 mining trends for 2014 – 2. Market imbalances will wreak commodity price havoc
Over the coming weeks Australian Mining will be showing you what to expect in the year ahead, in a 10 part series which will analyse the top ten trends for 2014.
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FMG signs exploration agreement with junior
Iron ore major Fortescue Metals Group is set to launch exploration efforts in Western Australia’s North West.
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Diamond mining set to boom as exploration continues to decline
A new report has a predicted boom in the diamond and gemstone mining in 2014, forecasting it to become the largest growth industry in country.
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World’s largest single rare earth deposit discovered, in North Korea
Pacific Century Rare Earth Mineral has announced the discovery of the "the largest, single rare earth elements target in the world", in North Korea.
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Gold Fields halts exploration projects, turns focus to new WA assets
Following the acquisition of former three Barrick mines in Western Australia six weeks ago, Gold Fields has wasted no time squeezing synergy savings as it merges the operations with its existing assets.
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Rio offloads two QLD exploration licences
Mining major Rio Tinto has sold off two coal exploration licences in Queensland to explorer Mozambi Coal.
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Slashing exploration early harms global mining sector
The knee jerk reaction of the mining sector to cut exploration was a short-sighted move by the industry, but exploration may be picking up again.
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We will not go where we’re not wanted: Santos
Santos CEO David Knox has reaffirmed his company will not pursue CSG exploration on properties that do not want it after being quizzed about the potential health effects of the sector on ABC’s Q&A program.
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BHP dumps oil exploration project
BHP has dumped plans to explore an oil and gas well off the The Philippines coast as the company continues to pull out of energy projects not located in the US or Australia.
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Global exploration budgets take a hit
Global non-ferrous metal exploration budgets have plummeted almost 30 per cent this year, new research suggests.
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Government commits to keeping Antarctica free of mining
Environment Minister Greg Hunt said Antarctica should not be a place of mineral exploitation, stating it was critical for Australia to protect the southern continent from resource exploration.
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QLD streamlines exploration approvals
The Queensland Government has today announced an overhaul of the coal and minerals exploration approvals process, billed to halve exploration permit wait times.
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