March 11, 2013

Asteroid mining to dominate the industry: experts

Geologists believe that asteroids hold iron ore, nickel and precious metals at much higher concentrations than those found on Earth.

March 6, 2013

Friedland on headless miners, dodos and ethical platinum

Legendary mining financier more than lives up to his reputation as a salesman and astute commentator on the industry.

March 6, 2013

First Quantum rises after booking $1.2bn compensation for Congo confiscation

Without the once off payment mining profits fell 16%.

March 5, 2013

Glencore-Xstrata profits hit by $2.6bn writedowns and slump in commodity prices

The results add to the recent list of a dreadful reporting season from major miners, such as Rio Tinto and Anglo American.

March 1, 2013

Glencore delays closing of Xstrata merger, faces claims of aiding Iran nuclear program

The world’s largest commodities trader said more details about the pending deal will be revealed on Tuesday. Meanwhile, it faces claims of supplying Iran with key ingredients for the manufacture…

February 26, 2013

BHP hits a $4 billion nickel jackpot

The discovery of the Venus deposit could reshape the future profitability and direction of BHP's struggling Nickel West business.

February 17, 2013

Glencore vows to appoint female director

The move would drop the number of FTSE 100 with all-male boards to five.

February 15, 2013

Asteroid miner ready to ‘save the Earth’ from falling celestial objects

Planetary Resources says it has already developed the prototype for a spacecraft that can help detect and characterize potentially hazardous asteroids.

February 14, 2013

$195 billion in metal and fuel will just fly past the earth

Asteroid mining.

February 13, 2013

Video of red-hot nickel dropped into water made into a trilogy

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