December 24, 2012

The greatest mining flameouts of 2012

The notable flops, failures and flameouts of the year.

December 22, 2012

Congo and cobalt critical

Only four metals, or element groups, made the list for the American Physical Society, Materials Research Society and the US Department of Energy's uncatalogued for 'critical metals': Rare Earth elements,…

December 22, 2012

Australia’s Northern Minerals Ltd. secures offtake agreement for Browns Range rare earths project

Australia's Northern Minerals Ltd., formerly Northern Uranium Ltd., has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a major global mining and chemicals player for future offtake of product from its…

December 21, 2012

1,700 protest at Harmony Gold’s Kusasalethu mine

Underground miners, led by the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union, demanded that those suspended for participating in strike action last week be reinstated.

December 21, 2012

Chinese thermal coal imports jump 30% to record high as Beijing ends domestic price caps

After a 32% decline in steam coal prices since January, things are looking up for 2013.

December 21, 2012

South Africa won’t nationalize its mines, but taxes go up

After years of debate, South Africa’s ruling party African National Congress rejected Thursday plans to nationalize the country’s mining sector, but voted in favour of higher taxes in the world’s…

December 21, 2012

Resource nationalism assumes more insidious forms

Tactics shift from frank expropriation of assets to increased royalties and stricter procurement requirements

December 20, 2012

Lonmin’s Marikana mine controversy far from over: survivors allegedly ‘shot again’

Lawyer says there is enough evidence to say the police had planned to shoot miners and not arrest them.

December 20, 2012

Silver drops below $30

Precious metals are at three-month lows.

December 20, 2012

All that glitters in 2013 is gold – PwC predicts soaring prices

Gold is the favoured commodity of 2013 with more than 80% of gold executives expecting to see a rise in the price of gold, despite the poor performance of the…