China’s coming for your copper project
Faced with declining domestic production, China's top copper company says the "only solution is going overseas".
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Iron ore price rally: Stop and smell the roses
Iron ore price surge goes beyond Beijing order to slash emissions during six-month horticulture expo in steelmaking hub.
Gold is testing key technical support – is there more downside ahead?
The gold price advanced sharply during the first three months of 2016 (+16%), marking its best quarter in 30 years. However, it corrected from a high around $1,287 to $1,200 over the past few weeks.
The rights and wrongs of rights issues
Rights issues are the best way of raising funds in a way that does not disadvantage existing shareholders
Ex-coal CEO sentenced to a year in prison over mine-safety conspiracy
The sentencing comes six years and one day after a fatal explosion killed 29 at Massey’s Upper Big Branch mine.
Vale cuts spending, management salaries
The iron ore and nickel giant has reduced its forecast for capital spending in 2016 to $5.5bn from $6.2bn previously.
Canadians to develop space mining tool
Deltion Innovations aims to design a drill that would prospect for water, ice and resources on the moon and beyond.
Osama Bin Laden was more than keen on gold
Documents recently declassified by the CIA revealed he was an avid gold investor and even predicted the price spike of 2010-2011.
The US Fed has $300bn in gold, new book reveals
Jim Rickards' latest book "The New Case for Gold" reveals that the Fed is holding massive amounts of gold at Fort Knox and West Point.
