August 12, 2015 Japan’s comeback to nuclear power good news for Australia Japan has been a long-standing market for Australian uranium exports, providing around one-third of their total uranium supply, valued at around $250 million.
August 12, 2015 Freeport cancels copper exports from Indonesia as permit expires The company, which runs the massive Grasberg mine in Papua, has stopped exporting since last month.
August 12, 2015 The Saudi oil price war is backfiring With record production of 10.564 million barrels per day in June 2015, Saudi Arabia has been one of the major driving forces behind the current oil price slump.
August 11, 2015 Japan resumes producing nuclear power The country has restarted its first nuclear reactor since the Fukushima disaster in March, 2011.
August 10, 2015 Coal, nuclear, and renewables expected to boost Vietnam’s electricity capacity: EIA Vietnam is poised to significantly transform its electrical power generation mix over the next two decades as it modernizes the country's agrarian economy to become a more industrialized nation.
August 10, 2015 Obama: Iranian sanctions relief ‘not a game-changer’ In an interview broadcast Sunday, President Obama acknowledged that Iran would benefit economically from the nuclear weapons agreement that his administration negotiated with Tehran, but contended that it would not…
August 9, 2015 A critical look at ‘Uranium: Twisting the Dragon’s Tail’ A week or so before the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, I watched a curious documentary on PBS.
August 7, 2015 China is hiding gold… lots of it While analysts keep trying to answer the burning question of how much gold China really has, the most recent theory indicates that it's at least 9,500 tonnes.
August 7, 2015 Revocation of Australia’s largest coal mine licence ‘a sabotage’ — Abbot His comments follow this week's decision by the federal court of Australia to overturn government approval for the construction of one of the biggest coal mines in the world.
August 6, 2015 CHARTS: Iron ore price only getting more volatile Compared to the wild swings iron ore dealers have to deal with, gold, coal and copper traders are coasting.
US lawmakers propose $2.5B critical minerals reserve Priority will be given to recycled materials, but minerals extracted from mines could also be eligible. January 15, 2026 | 11:31 am
