July 11, 2018

Experts come up with plan for protecting deep-sea life from mining

An international group of researches have recommended 18 quantitative metrics that regulators can use to assess seabed mining projects.

July 10, 2018

China’s electric car appetite spawns 77-year-old billionaire

Huh Chin-kyu has become his country’s latest billionaire thanks to increasing demand for the firm’s copper coils.

July 10, 2018

Philippines nickel ore exports seen dropping up to 17 pct on low prices

The Philippines is the world's No.2 nickel ore supplier after Indonesia, shipping the bulk of its output to top buyer China.

July 10, 2018

Death by diamonds: Suicides wipe the shine off India’s gem trade

Over 80 percent of the total workforce earn a piece rate of 1 to 25 rupees for each stone they polish and have no social benefits.

July 6, 2018

India’s June gold imports drop by a quarter as rupee hits record low

The rupee hit a record low in the last week of June and has lost nearly 8 percent so far in 2018. Local gold prices have risen more than 5…

July 6, 2018

Japan’s Mitsui may raise its stake in Vale — executive

The sale of Vale stakes has been a subject of market speculation since the world's largest iron ore miner moved to a single class of stock in October. Mitsui currently…

July 5, 2018

Thyssenkrupp CEO asks to step down, board to meet on Friday

After two years of at times fraught talks, the two steel firms last Saturday signed an agreement to create Europe's second-largest steelmaker.

July 5, 2018

Thermal coal prices hit 6-year high

Seaborne price for coal used in electricity generation scales $120 a tonne as South Africa diverts exports for domestic use and Asian demand spikes.

July 4, 2018

Indians are falling out of love with gold — and millennials are partly to blame

Indians’ love affair with gold is cooling.

July 4, 2018

Nautilus Minerals tanks on shipbuilding contract cancellation

Fresh setback for the company’s Solwara 1 project, expected to be the world’s first seabed gold, copper, silver mine.