Last January the government set gold royalties at 7%, platinum at 10% and diamonds at 15%.

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Molycorp, Lynas and perhaps one other small player are sufficient to meet light REE demand, while there's room for one or maybe two heavy producers outside China, says outgoing CEO Constantine Karayannopoulos.

Winners of the 2013 NCE International Tunnelling Awards were announced at the prestigious Grosvenor House Hotel in London, to the largest ever tunnelling awards audience...

China’s yuan has overtaken the euro to become the second-most used currency in trade finance.

The SpecMIN Library offers the most comprehensive selection of mineral spectra available – see it with EZ-ID at GRSG, Booth #3, Berlin, December 9-11.

When high reliability and power are needed, the mining company Xishan Jinxing Energy Co. Ltd relies on the fill-controlled 866 TPKL fluid coupling from Voith. A total of three fluid couplings are used underground in the powerful 4.8 MW drive of the main belt conveyor in the Xiegou No. 12 coal mine in Shanxi Province, China.

Chinese steel mills are humming and rapidly depleting domestic iron ore mines face tough new environment rules from Beijing translating into surging demand for imports.