May 31, 2012 Joy Global sinks to year-low, forecasts further US and worldwide slowdown “Our second quarter reflects both excellence in our execution and concerns over slowing in our markets”
May 31, 2012 Glenstrata ready to become the largest mining industry merger in recent history The prospectus giving details of the creation of a $90 billion mining and commodities trading behemoth will finally find its way to the inboxes of shareholders today.
May 31, 2012 What if the gold megabulls are right? The economic conditions that would precipitate the massive jump in the gold price that many of the megabulls are predicting could be horrendous, but perhaps the politicians can carry on…
May 31, 2012 Owners of Big Sandy throw in the towel and withdraw $1bn retrofit plans New York Times reports that Big Sandy, an eastern Kentucky coal-burning plant, will not be retrofitted so it can meet environmental regulations.
May 31, 2012 Shell set to expand oil sands operations CEO Peter Voser says they want to expand their Athabasca operations by a third within the decade.
May 30, 2012 Aussie mining jobs aplenty, if you have the right tickets ABC News examines the rumour that big money can be made in mining in Australia with nary more than a high-school diploma.
May 30, 2012 Olympic Dam decision pushed to the wire If the board of the world's largest miner does not make a decision on the giant copper-gold-uranium-silver project in South Australia's outback by 8 December then it would lose all…
May 30, 2012 ‘A decade of rising commodity prices is always followed by two decades of declines.’ Now you tell us! Ruchir Sharma, head of emerging markets at Morgan Stanley, makes one of the most bearish statements yet on the end of the so-called commodity supercycle.
May 30, 2012 Thousands of Spanish coal miners on indefinite strike and calling for massive protest tomorrow in Madrid After a week of protests, Spanish coal miners have decided to go on indefinite strike amid fears their entire industry is about to go to the wall, after the government…
May 30, 2012 Former Wall Street trader’s comments on Europe has the financial community raving on Twitter Nassim Taleb, a former Wall Street trader and author of the famous book “The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable,” is being attacked this morning by the financial…
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