March 22, 2012 Investors give miners another kicking after China manufacturing shrinks None of mining's top companies escaped the carnage on Thursday after a survey of manufacturing in China showed activity slowed for a fifth straight month.
March 22, 2012 Big guns all on board for Beijing’s new spot iron ore trading platform Beijing launched the new spot price platform in January in a bid to shift the balance of power in price negotiations away from the big three.
March 22, 2012 Metals Economics Group pipeline activity index, March 2012 Metals Economics Group (MEG) Pipeline Activity Index (PAI) slid for the third consecutive month in January to its lowest level since mid-2010, before showing some encouraging signs of recovery in…
March 22, 2012 India loses $210bn in coal sales in ‘mother of all scams’ In what opposition parties call the "mother of all scams", a government auditor's draft report says India lost up to $210 billion in revenue by selling coal deposits too cheaply.
March 22, 2012 China eyes Canadian uranium mines Takeover activity is poised to heat up in the Canadian uranium sector as energy-hungry China hunts for feedstock to fuel its growing family of nuclear reactors.
March 22, 2012 Waratah Coal project attacked by Greens Australia's largest environmental lobbies are turning the heat on Liberal National Party (LNP) leader Campbell Newman to stop a Clive Palmer mining project.
March 22, 2012 Australian coal exports forecast to triple in a decade New taxes don't seem to be deterring the expansion of Australia's coal industry.
March 22, 2012 CIA rejects Palmer’s claims they’re funding protestors The CIA has rejected claims by Clive Palmer that it's helping fund anti-coal protests in Australia.
March 21, 2012 Next week’s Canadian budget will be good for mining, oilsands The Canadian federal budget due to be released next week will please miners and the oil patch and is likely to make environmental groups see red, not green.
March 21, 2012 Aussie tax may have silver lining in higher coal, iron ore prices The 30% tax on iron ore and coal producers passed by the Australian government may raise the prices of those commodities but will also shrink margins of steelmakers, analysts say.
GRAPHIC-Gold and silver soar in year-end rally Investors have not treated the festive break as an occasion to take profits. December 22, 2025 | 12:08 pm
