April 10, 2017

Iran foresees sharp rise in uranium production

Iran’s nuclear chief says the country will produce about 40 tonnes of uranium this year, more than half the total amount yielded over the preceding years.

April 7, 2017

Coking coal price close to $300 a tonne on Australian disruptions

Coking coal prices gained 86% to $283.10 a tonne this week, the biggest gain in four years.

April 6, 2017

INFOGRAPHIC: Animation – The world’s population in 2100 by region

The following animated chart is based on data and projections from the U.N. Population Division, and it shows the evolving population share by region between 1950 and 2100.

April 6, 2017

Rio Tinto to fight $447 million Australian tax bill

The amount is linked to what is known as “transfer pricing” between Rio Tinto’s Australian operations and its Singapore office.

April 6, 2017

Erdene Resource moving forward with flagship project in Mongolia

While the company had other projects in the country, the Bayan Khundii gold project went from greenfield prospect to being its main asset in roughly nine months.

April 6, 2017

‘Conflict minerals’ entering tech supply chains from countries beyond Africa — report

Tungsten, tin, tantalum and gold are now also being illegally extracted and traded at sites under the control of armed groups in countries including Myanmar and Colombia.

April 5, 2017

Gold finds strong support from negative real rates

In case you haven’t already noticed, inflation has been steadily creeping up since July. In February, the most recent month of available data, consumer prices advanced at their fastest pace…

April 5, 2017

Hybrid Enterprises and Helium One announce strategic partnership at Mines and Money Asia

Hybrid Enterprises, the exclusive worldwide reseller of Lockheed Martin’s Hybrid Airship, is excited to announce a strategic partnership with Helium One, an explorer, developer and producer of high value bulk…

April 5, 2017

Joy Global becomes Komatsu Mining

The Japanese firm has completed its $3.7bn takeover of the Milwaukee-based equipment maker.

April 5, 2017

Cyclone damage causes BHP to declare force majeure in Australia

The miner said it won't meet its coal export commitments due to the damage caused by cyclone Debbie, which struck Australia’s north-east coast last week.