August 12, 2018

Israel seeks early re-tender of mining rights to shore up Dead Sea

The Dead Sea is seen as offering "unlimited supply" of minerals.

August 5, 2018

China’s Shandong province cuts steel and coal capacity in environment plan

Shandong's Environmental Protection Bureau said it would cut pig iron production capacity by 600,000 tonnes and crude steel by 3.55 million tonnes by the end of this year.

July 30, 2018

Caterpillar says tariffs will wipe out up to $200M

Demand for mining as well as oil and gas equipment is so strong that the company said it was taking orders for delivery well into 2019.

July 24, 2018

Canada scaring mining investors with long, unclear permit processes

Study released Tuesday by the Fraser Institute, British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec are the three main provinces where exploration permit processes have grown longer and less transparent over the past…

July 23, 2018

Nutrien sells stake in Arab Potash to China’s SDIC

The $502-million transaction makes the Chinese company Arab Potash's majority shareholder.

July 19, 2018

Miners wrote off almost one-third of investments over last decade

From the $939bn invested in major projects between 2008 and 2017, the world’s top 40 mining companies by market cap. wrote-off $273bn or 29% of the initial capital outlay.

July 15, 2018

Africa’s richest man signs $650 mln Afreximbank loan for oil refinery

The seven-year term loan would attract a moratorium of five years, according to facility terms read out during the signing.

July 12, 2018

Eritrean potash deposit company readies London listing

Danakali Limited said joining the London Stock Exchange would help it raise the cash it needs to fund development of the Colluli deposit in eritrea.

July 4, 2018

Mr. Sam Farris succeeds Dr. Ulrich Lamp as President of K+S Potash Canada

Bethune is the K+S Group’s largest investment in North America to date. After officially opening in May of 2017, the mine became the first new solution potash mine in Saskatchewan…

June 26, 2018

Orion Resource Partners raising $500m in royalty, streaming fund

Miners are turning to alternative sources of finance as the industry has struggled to woo back traditional financiers.