June 11, 2011 China coal and oil demand strong but copper appetite sickly in May China showed robust demand for crude oil and coal in May, shrugging off higher prices to boost imports by more than 20 […]
June 10, 2011 Australian government moving closer to mining profits tax legislation Australia moved closer to introducing a contentious 30 percent mining tax being eyed by other countries, releasing draft laws and seeking reaction from resource companies to legislation expected to be…
June 10, 2011 Metso to supply crushing equipment to Fortescue Metals iron ore operations in Australia Metso will supply crushing equipment to Fortescue Metals Group in Australia. The delivery will be completed by May 2012. The value of the order is approximately EUR34 million. The order…
June 10, 2011 AFP: Quebec seeks to lure EU investors to far north Quebec Premier Jean Charest will travel to Europe this month to tout Plan Nord, the Canadian province's C$80-billion plan to boost mining and forestry, AFP reported Friday: The Quebec government…
June 10, 2011 S&P raises gold and base metals price assumptions for 2011 Standard & Poor’s has raised its metals price assumptions for 2011 and beyond, citing the increased volatility of the markets but worries […]
June 10, 2011 Commodity prices should snap higher in H2, dollar unlikely to recover until 2012 – Morgan Stanley Ron Leven of Morgan Stanley has recently delivered a presentation under the auspice of ETF Securities Ltd. in which he outlined his […]
June 10, 2011 Rio Tinto’s Mine of the Future program tests advanced technologies for surface and underground mining, exploration and mineral recovery | International Mining Rio Tinto is testing new techniques for underground drifting, mineral exploration and improved recovery of ore in its latest push to develop competitive advantage through its Mine of the FutureTM…
June 10, 2011 Australian company moving into the big iron ore league in Sweden Scandinavian Resources Ltd. (ASX:SCR) has now acquired the Ekstromsberg and Tjarrojakka iron ore projects, about 45 kilometres from Kiruna inside the Arctic […]
June 9, 2011 Metinvest-backed united coal plans $350 million investment to expand coal mining in Eastern U.S. United Coal Company (Blountville, Tennessee), a subsidiary of Ukrainian integrated mining and steel holding company Metinvest Holding LLC (Donetsk, Ukraine), is developing $350 million in coal mine projects in the…
June 9, 2011 Today in Commodities: USDA big news today No curve balls from the USDA but as for food prices look for prices to stay elevated. Crude will settle approximately 1% […]
Iamgold’s Lemelin thanks mentor for Africa option Bruno Lemelin recalls his first Iamgold boss urging him to join Essakane in Burkina Faso as regional politics began to unravel. December 26, 2025 | 05:00 am
