China eyes Canadian uranium mines
Takeover activity is poised to heat up in the Canadian uranium sector as energy-hungry China hunts for feedstock to fuel its growing family of nuclear reactors.
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LME copper falls after China factory activity shrinks
London copper futures turned negative on Thursday, after manufacturing data on China that showed factory activity in the world's top metals consumer shrank for a fifth month.
Next week’s Canadian budget will be good for mining, oilsands
The Canadian federal budget due to be released next week will please miners and the oil patch and is likely to make environmental groups see red, not green.
A clash over mining and water
A plan to dig a vast copper mine in arid southern Arizona is pitting the needs of American industry — and arguably the national economy — against a coalition of local residents and environmentalists.
Aussie tax may have silver lining in higher coal, iron ore prices
The 30% tax on iron ore and coal producers passed by the Australian government may raise the prices of those commodities but will also shrink margins of steelmakers, analysts say.
Thirteen year old gold sale has cost UK GBP11 billion
Gordon Brown's sale of 400 tons of gold in 1999 has cost the United Kingdom GBP11 billion, said the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, in his 2012 budget speech.
Appalachian coal fights for survival
Coal mining in Appalachia has survived deadly explosions, the Great Depression and the country’s largest armed insurrection since the Civil War. The latest threat is booming shale-gas production.
Codelco experimenting with ‘biomining’ in Chile
BBC News reports on new technology used for mining copper in Chile. Biosigma, a joint venture between Codelco and Nippon Metals and Mining, is experimenting with microbes that break down copper at higher recovery rates and reduce operating costs:
Australia’s mining boom to generate $225 billion in exports by 2017
Australia's resources and energy commodity export earnings will continue to grow over the medium term to reach a record $225 billion in 2016-17, said today the Bureau of Resources and Energy Economics (BREE).