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Mitsui mulls expanding into food, drugs sectors to offset profit drop

The firm created a new division in April to evaluate deals in those areas, and in the past six months has made mining infrastructure-related investments in the U.S. and Africa.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 20, 2015 | 4:29 am

Traders warn on gold liquidity as banks stay away

A few years ago London's precious metals traders would arrive at their desks to find the phones flashing. On the other end of the line were rival banks looking to buy and sell gold. Today the trading floors are a lot quieter.

Australian Financial Review | May 19, 2015 | 3:42 pm

Iron ore is not in oversupply

Only lower grade fines are oversupplied shows new research report.

Frik Els | May 19, 2015 | 2:32 pm

Mining expertise will enhance environmental audits – SRK

Its depth of in-house expertise in both environmental and mining disciplines allows SRK Consulting (SA) to deliver optimal value when auditing mining clients’ compliance with their Environmental Management Programme Reports (EMPRs) and Environmental Authorisations.

SRK Consulting | May 19, 2015 | 10:16 am

K+S on track to begin producing potash from Legacy mine next year

Legacy will be the first new potash mine built in Canada's Saskatchewan in the last 40 years.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 19, 2015 | 10:15 am

Peruvian discovery may hold ‘hidden pool’ of rare earths

Capacscaya also has significant amounts of copper, zinc, cobalt, aluminum and iron ore.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 19, 2015 | 9:10 am

GrafTech takeover zeros in on new energy & defence

An affiliate of Brookfield Asset Management Inc has launched a takeover bid for GrafTech International Ltd, one of the world’s leading producers of steel electrodes and value-added graphite products.

Benchmark Mineral Intelligence | May 19, 2015 | 8:37 am

Global gold, copper, iron ore output down in Q1 — report

Much of the overall decline in reported gold output was due to a significant quarter-on-quarter production declines from AngloGold Ashanti, Goldcorp, and Sibanye Gold.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 19, 2015 | 7:35 am