April 4, 2013 Japan gets the green light to mine coal in Mozambique The mine, scheduled to start operating in 2016, is expected to produce 5 million tonnes of coking coal a year.
April 2, 2013 Why Rick Rule bought $280m of platinum and palladium When Rick Rule pairs lower grades, labor strife and inefficient mines with the relentless demand for platinum and palladium, his result is an investment thesis that could pay off for…
April 2, 2013 Fresh delays hit Glencore-Xstrata $76 billion mega merger New deadline for completion is May 2.
April 1, 2013 Four miners that could make money at the margins—and one that probably won’t Christos Doulis travels the world for Stonecap Securities looking for mining companies that can contain costs; companies that can't contain costs because of rising labor and energy bills are not…
March 31, 2013 Huge blow to Gabon as BHP pulls out Another African nation has fallen victim of belt-tightening at the world's number one miner.
March 31, 2013 Are gold miners starting to hedge again? "No one wants to be the first to move, given how risk averse the mood is."
March 31, 2013 Nelson Mandela’s daughter in sweetheart gold mine deal Nelson Mandela's daughter Zindzi; Dudu Myeni, a close associate of President Jacob Zuma, and Cyril Ramaphosa's business partner James Motlatsi are some of the beneficiaries of Gold Fields's controversial South…
March 28, 2013 US lobby warns Pentagon against further dependence on Chinese rare earths Governments around the world have become increasingly attentive to rare earths as their strategic value has become clearer.
March 28, 2013 Anglo abandons $555 million coal venture in Mozambique The country's coal industry has faced a number of challenges in recent months.
Precious metals craze prompts China fund to turn away investors UBS SDIC Fund had become increasingly concerned that investors could be exposed to heavy losses should a record-breaking bull market suddenly turn. December 27, 2025 | 08:00 am
