May 16, 2011

What’s driving the divergence of commodity prices

As the chart below demonstrates commodity prices are driven by different factors. The precious metals prices have been the hyperbolic driver of headline commodities news relative to the broader based…

May 16, 2011

John Kaiser: alternative energy fuels mining boom

Advances in energy and agriculture are creating demand for previously ignored metals such as scandium, tellurium and indium. In this exclusive interview with The Energy Report, Mining Analyst John Kaiser,…

May 16, 2011

Without QE3, commodities may suffer

While China continues to make asset driven economic decisions and now looks like a traction control experiment where the economy is like a car that is driving on ice that…

May 16, 2011

Chart of the day: commodity flows

QE, of course, only happens when interest rates hit the zero bound, so it’s impossible to disentangle the effects of QE from the effects of G3 interest rates all coming…

May 16, 2011

Transforming magnetite circuits with the IsaMillTM

IsaMillsTM have been established for over 15 years in base metal grinding circuits, transforming the operations with their energy efficient grinding action. The technology is now being adopted by the…

May 16, 2011

ABB $10 million order to supply complete mine hoist to the Dannemora Mine in Sweden

ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, recently won an order worth over $10 million from Dannemora Minerals to deliver a complete mine hoist to the newly reopened Dannemora…

May 13, 2011

Guinea iron ore project pegged at 111 million tonnes graded at 38% Fe

West Africa focused Bellzone Mining has released an initial resource estimate for its Kalia iron ore project in Guinea. The AIM-listed iron ore and nickel company announced an initial inferred…

May 13, 2011

Infrastructure projects essential to Russian mining

Often located in some of the world’s most sparsely populated areas, developing mining projects in resource-rich areas more often than not means working in some of the most isolated regions…

May 13, 2011

United States Magnetic Materials Association: Defense bill calls for a competitive, multi-source rare earth inventory plan

The United States Magnetic Materials Association (“USMMA”), a trade association dedicated to restoring a competitive, secure, end-to-end rare earth supply chain to support the domestic manufacturing of rare earth permanent…

May 13, 2011

A fragile South African iron ore story

ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA), a subsidiary of ArcelorMittal, the world's biggest steelmaker, this week announced an agreement which may see the acquisition of an iron ore "resource" in the Northern…