All articles by EBR Staff Writer

• Osisko Gold acquires Virginia Mines to create $1.2bn gold royalty company

  Osisko Gold Royalties has signed an agreement to acquire Virginia Mines for C$479m ($424m) to create a C$1.3bn ($1.2bn) Montreal-based…

• Erdene starts resource drilling at Altan Nar project in Mongolia

  Erdene Resource Development has begun resource definition drilling programme at its wholly owned Altan Nar gold-polymetallic project in the Tien…

• BHP Billiton halts plans to sell Nickel West business in Western Australia

  BHP Billiton has cancelled plans to sell its Nickel West business in Western Australia, as the company has failed to…

• Bandanna Energy goes into voluntary administration

  Exploration company Bandanna Energy has gone into voluntary administration following its failure to sign take or pay contracts for the…

• Caterpillar reports writedown after China fraud scandal

  Global construction and mining equipment major Caterpillar has reported a $580m writedown after it uncovered accounting misconduct at a Chinese…