July 17, 2012 I’ll have mine rare: Chief of $10 billion Chinese Pilbara project now prefers beef over iron ore Citic Pacific Mining executive chairman Dongyi Hua says "soaring demand for Australian food, particularly beef, among China's 100 million wealthy people could buffer Australia's economy from the effects of an…
July 16, 2012 Mongolia’s new rulers may put world’s richest coal deposit beyond reach The Democratic Party which campaigned on sharing more of the spoils of mining with Mongolian citizens won the majority of seats while the junior partner in the new ruling coalition,…
July 16, 2012 How to get rich in outer space: a visual guide Recent developments show that becoming rich by profiting of the minerals that asteroids, stars and unknown planets have to offer it is closer than ever. Before it is too late,…
July 16, 2012 The mining boom in Australia is over, or is it? This was the year for Australia’s mining boom Martin Ferguson hinted on Monday. The Resources Minister highlighted the end of the high commodity prices era that will force the country’s…
July 16, 2012 Australia’s mining success places Great Barrier Reef in peril The unprecedented success of Australia's mining sector, which enabled the country to successfully weather the financial crisis and has triggered a surge in the Aussie dollar, may have caused irreparable…
July 15, 2012 BHP Billiton exits Guinea Sunday Times reports (paywall) that BHP Billiton, which is shedding its non-core operations, is looking for a buyer for its Mount Nimba iron ore project in Guinea.
July 14, 2012 China wants to buy iron ore from a wider pool of sellers China plans to diversify iron ore imports and increase the ratio from independent miners to 50%, according to comments made Wang Xiaoqi, vice-chairman of the China Iron and Steel Association.
July 13, 2012 Ousted Vale CEO back with a bang Brazilian billionaire André Esteves has teamed up with Roger Agnelli, kicked out of iron ore giant Vale by government shareholders last year, to create their own mining company with an…
July 13, 2012 The Batista ‘bubble’ is bursting Eike Batista was down to his last $20.7 billion as the six public companies he controls are rerated along with the rest of Brazil's stock market.
July 12, 2012 Planetary Resources and Virgin Galactic partner up for payload services Space mining start-up Planetary Resources has announced that it has partnered with Virgin Galactic in the quest to explore asteroids for minerals.
Silver price suffers biggest loss since 2021, gold price falls from record Earlier, spot prices had soared to as high as $83.63 per ounce. December 29, 2025 | 08:54 am
