November 17, 2015 Japan’s Sumitomo Metal seeks stakes in copper, gold mines The company wants to take advantage of its sound finances and a slump in commodity prices to bolster future growth.
November 17, 2015 Cliffs to halt operations at Minnesota iron ore mine The move will help the cash-strapped coal and iron ore miner to continue operating for the short term.
November 17, 2015 Rio Tinto to close Queensland coal mine if extension gets rejected The company said that extending Kestrel, its only underground coal operation, would add 20 years to the mine’s life.
November 16, 2015 India won’t need coal imports by 2017: Piyush Goyal The Union Minister says coal shortages will soon be a thing of the past as India won't need to import dry fuel by 2017.
November 16, 2015 World coal consumption to drop up to 4% further by year-end Use of coal for power generation peaked about two years ago, a new report suggests.
November 15, 2015 India finalizes uranium deal with Australia Despite not signing the nuclear non-proliferation treaty, India will be allowed to import uranium from Australia for civilian purposes.
November 12, 2015 India’s appetite for gold takes global demand to two-year high While Indian consumer demand jumped 13% to 268 tons, the World Gold Council warns the outlook for the fourth quarter is “muted.”
November 12, 2015 US Congress grants citizens rights to own asteroid-mined riches Until now, there was no legislature clarifying issues such as whether resources mined from celestial bodies could be sold on Earth.
November 12, 2015 Current uranium market fundamentals strong – future is even brighter With Japan finally restarting some of its nuclear reactor fleet (two reactors have come online since August) and China continuing its breakneck reactor build-out (with 29 reactors in operation and…
November 11, 2015 Coal is dead? No one told China If all of this year's approved coal plants get built, they will have a total capacity of 123 gigawatts, equivalent to building 61 Hoover Dams.
South32 posts nearly 17% jump in quarterly manganese output The world's biggest manganese producer produced 1.3 million wet metric tons of the steel additive for the December quarter. January 21, 2026 | 02:06 pm
