April 5, 2016 De Beers blue diamond smashes auction records in Asia, fetches almost $32M This diamond was the target of an attempted multi-million pound robbery in November 2000, which was foiled by the Metropolitan Police.
April 4, 2016 De-carbonizing our energy sector Nuclear energy currently provides around 11 percent of the world's electricity.
April 4, 2016 The uranium shakedown: How Mongolia and Russia conspired against western investors (Part 3 of 3) In the final part of our probe into the curious case of Khan Resources, we review events leading to the seizure of the company’s Mongolian assets and its chairman’s unusual…
April 3, 2016 The uranium shakedown: How Mongolia and Russia conspired against western investors (Part 2 of 3) In the second installment of the curious case of Khan Resources, we explore the company’s turbulent history in Mongolia and document a deal with Russia’s leadership to swap its uranium…
April 1, 2016 World’s largest coal producer keeps adding to global supply glut Coal India just posted its highest ouput in almost three decades.
April 1, 2016 The uranium shakedown: How Mongolia and Russia conspired against western investors (Part 1 of 3) The curious case of Khan Resources exposes how Mongolia seized uranium mine deposits from their Canadian legal owner and transferred them to Russian government control. And with elections imminent, the…
March 31, 2016 Slowing China tops global executive fears for the first time March survey by McKinsey sees China trumping geopolitical instability, leadership change, terrorism, refugees and euro break-up as risks to global economy.
March 31, 2016 Activists protest Japan’s controversial coal financing during Prime Minister Abe’s visit Despite many countries shifting away from these unprofitable coal projects, including OECD coal finance restrictions, Japan has continued to move backward by supporting both domestic coal projects and financing some…
March 30, 2016 Thousands rally in Mongolia over foreign mining concessions The more than 2,000 people who gathered in Ulaanbaatar's Freedom Square claimed foreign companies have exploited Mongolia's mineral wealth, which accounts for 94% of the nation's exports.
March 30, 2016 Breakthrough aircraft to transform remote mining Lockheed lands $480m customer for aircraft combining power of helicopter, airplane and hovercraft dramatically altering mining and exploration economics.
Congo to allow cobalt quotas for 2025 to be executed until March 31 Congo accounts for more than 70% of global mined cobalt production that was estimated by analysts at around 280,000 metric tons this year. December 31, 2025 | 12:14 pm
