March 11, 2012 Indonesia’s Rule No. 24 likely to embolden other nations to grab more from mining Indonesia surprised the global mining community last week after a new rule – Government Regulation No. 24 of 2012 – was quietly announced on the mining ministry's website. A growing…
March 11, 2012 Oilsands producers plan reconstruction of wetlands lberta's oilsands producers are used to thinking big, and their plans to clean up the mess their mines leave behind are fully in line with the outsized trucks that prowl…
March 11, 2012 BRIIC is a better BRIC For a variety of reasons, Indonesia has earned the right to be considered as a premiere destination for emerging market investment.
March 11, 2012 Gold traders most bullish in four months as bullion fund holdings set new record Bloomberg's weekly survey of gold traders shows they are the most bullish since November 11 with 16 out of 23 predicting that the precious metal will gain this week after…
March 11, 2012 The scramble for Africa’s copper: Never mind the Chinese, Ivanhoe’s Friedland says he has the prize asset Serial mega-mine developer Robert Friedland said in early February that Ivanplats will be developing the Kamoa mine in the DRC, Africa’s largest copper project that will have a lifespan that…
March 11, 2012 Seaborne coal market could double by 2025 – Batista Eike Batista founder of Brazilian energy and commodities conglomerate EBX and head of MPX Energia SA said that the world seaborne coal market could grow to 1.12 billion tonne by…
March 10, 2012 9 miners die in flood, mine collapse in Colombia Colombian authorities say they have recovered the bodies of all nine victims of a coal mine collapse.
March 10, 2012 Crandall Canyon mine operator pleads guilty to misdemeanors over 2007 fatalities Genwal Resources Inc., a Murray Energy Corp. subsidiary, has pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors to settle a federal investigation into the August 2007 fatalities at its Crandall Canyon coal mine…
March 10, 2012 India to buy more Mozambique coal In future Indian industrial giant Tata Steel will derive 10% of its coking coal requirements from Australian-based Rio Tinto's Benga coal mine in Mozambique.
March 9, 2012 Euphoria over Molycorp deal may soon turn to despair. China’s grip is as strong as ever and rare earth prices are still dropping Molycorp's mould-breaking deal with Neo Material Technologies sent its shares rocketing in New York on Friday and some industry observers say the tie-up creates a vertically integrated company that will…
Indonesian coal association says quota cuts risk mine shutdowns Indonesia flagged plans to slash coal output to about 600 million tons a year in a bid to boost prices for the commodity. February 01, 2026 | 09:05 am
