Mining production fell by 4.6% year-on-year in October, owing to a drop in coal, iron-ore and gold output, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) revealed on Tuesday. Coal production was down 15%, iron-ore production fell 18.4% and gold production declined 7.5%.

Embattled miner Queensland Nickel has requested an urgent meeting with Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and treasurer Curtis Pitt over the future of its Townsville refinery. The cry for help comes a day after mining personality Clive Palmer’s Mineralo...

In November this year, manganese ore shipments from Australia's Port Hedland totaled 72,000

Anglo American has suspended its dividend and announced plans to cut its workforce by 85,000 and dispose of more than half its mines in response to the plunging price of iron ore and other metals.

[Ferro-Alloys.com] The Ambatovy nickel and cobalt mine, in Madagascar, in which TSX-listed Sherritt International owns a 40 percent interest, produced 4006t of of nickel and 283t of cobalt in November. Production for the month was at about 81 percent of namepl...

A fire occurred at Tikhvin Ferro Alloy Plant in Russia owned by a Turkey's major firm, Yildirim Group on November 26. The cause is still unclear, but this group anticipated the operation to be suspended for 6 months and announced it invoked force majeure.

The 20-year-old International airport in the South Indian city of Kochi has now become the world’s first solar-powered airport. With its new solar plant, the airport can now produce more than 50,000 units of electricity, making it self-sufficient in terms of ...

Oman has all of the key ingredients necessary to attract international investment in the manufacture of silicon -- a strategically important metal with extensive application in metallurgy, silicone-based products, and crucially, in the production of solar pane...