March 11, 2013 Asteroid mining to dominate the industry: experts Geologists believe that asteroids hold iron ore, nickel and precious metals at much higher concentrations than those found on Earth.
March 11, 2013 First Quantum asks Inmet shareholders to tender before deadline Its cash-and-stock offer for Inmet expires late Monday night, unless extended.
March 10, 2013 New Zimbabwe PGM royalties and fresh blow to Implats add to industry woes Higher royalties until miners build refineries inside the country and a threat to revisit Implats indigenization deal.
March 10, 2013 Mongolia working hard to avoid the mistakes of 2009 with new mining law The Law with the Long Name enacted in 2009 abruptly cancelled 200 mining and exploration licences.
March 9, 2013 US raises serious concerns over Oyu Tolgoi’s environmental, social impact Won't vote on World Bank funding of $4.5 billion debt package sought by Rio Tinto.
March 8, 2013 Newmont won’t leave Peru’s gold-rich Cajamarca region by 2016: company Newmont's subsidiary Yanacocha said it is evaluating new projects in the region.
March 7, 2013 Commodities ‘supercycle’ will last another 15 years: JP Morgan The current slowdown is just a pause in the commodity supercycle’s 'continuing spin.'
March 7, 2013 The UK goes after a piece of the Afghan $1 trillion mining pie The government has set up a three-year, $15 million plan to back mining and oil and gas projects in Afghanistan.
March 6, 2013 Friedland on headless miners, dodos and ethical platinum Legendary mining financier more than lives up to his reputation as a salesman and astute commentator on the industry.
March 6, 2013 First Quantum rises after booking $1.2bn compensation for Congo confiscation Without the once off payment mining profits fell 16%.
US development-finance agency targets AI, minerals in expansion A key priority for the DFC’s expanded efforts will be critical minerals, especially in mid-stream processing projects. December 18, 2025 | 12:30 pm
