October 6, 2015

Even top juniors are running out of money

New report on top 100 junior mining companies says "waiting it out no longer a viable strategy"

October 6, 2015

Western Potash and Tairui sign MOU With China Development Bank

China Development Bank is a Chinese policy financial organisation, with a focus on the development of international business, and remaining in the top position among Chinese banks with respect to…

October 5, 2015

Potashcorp withdraws K+S proposal due to ‘challenging macroeconomic conditions’

Recommitted to organic growth.

October 5, 2015

Andrew Pullar’s plan: Go long, set goals with world-class assets

To come to terms with what has happened in the gold equities market, you have to understand what has happened to gold itself.

October 1, 2015

China’s astonishing rise in one simple chart

When compared to the US, the world's largest economy for 150 years, China's ascent is even more startling because it took place over such a short time-span.

September 28, 2015

World’s first deep sea mining proposal ignores consequences of its impacts on oceans

As the deep sea mining industry chases investors at the Asia Pacific Deep Sea Mining Summit, a new critique by the Deep Sea Mining Campaign reveals indefensible flaws in the…

September 25, 2015

African Potash signs supply deal with Zambia distributor

The contract will give the company, which wants to become a one-stop shop African fertilizer business, a platform to distribute the product across eastern and southern Africa.

September 24, 2015

Argentina’s presidential candidates want mining to be platform for country’s recovery

Argentina’s presidential election, the first to be decided in a second and final round since the constitution was changed in the 1990s, will be key for the country’s economy, particularly…

September 24, 2015

Caterpillar to axe 10,000 jobs over next three years

It also revised its guidance for 2015 down, saying sales and revenues for the year are now expected to be about $48 billion—$1 billion lower than the previous outlook.

September 23, 2015

The ever diminishing ambitions of BHP Billiton

This year capital and exploration spending at BHP will be $13 billion less than in 2013, leaving the world's largest miner with a single greenfield project.