November 18, 2014 Coal rush in India could tip balance on climate change Decades of strip mining have left this town in the heart of India’s coal fields a fiery moonscape, with mountains of black slag, sulfurous air and sickened residents.
November 18, 2014 Blood diamonds still at Central African mining sector’s heart A year after an export ban on raw gems in the country, reports show its diamonds are being sold to traders from Sudan to Belgium.
November 18, 2014 Iron ore price crashes 4% Drops to June 2009 levels on the way to $70 a tonne after Chinese house prices fall for sixth month in a row.
November 18, 2014 Adani lines up $1bn for Australia’s Carmichael coal complex The mine and rail project in Queensland's Galilee Basin is expected produce 60 million tonnes of thermal coal a year.
November 16, 2014 India’s uranium pact with Australia going full speed ahead Kept away from international nuclear trade dialogue for several years for not being a signatory to the nuclear non proliferation treaty, India has finally got the go-ahead from Australia, which…
November 14, 2014 Glencore shutting Australian coal mines over Christmas The move will cut the miner's output by 5 million tonnes — 2.5% of Australia's forecast 2014 thermal coal exports — and force about 8,000 workers to take a leave.
November 13, 2014 India back to being world’s top gold consumer Global demand, however, fell to its lowest in nearly five years as Chinese buying slid by a third.
November 12, 2014 Turquoise Hill surges after Mongolia taps new leader Nominee Amarjargal Renchinnyam is a respected economist who could help bring Vancouver firm's $5bn Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold expansion project back on track.
November 11, 2014 What slowdown? Mining equipment market to grow 8.4% a year Mining equipment market to grow at compound annual rate of 8.42% to $134 billion through 2019 surpassing the market for construction equipment.
November 10, 2014 Rio Tinto’s $5.4bn Oyu Tolgoi expansion in limbo once again Mine operator and Rio's subsidiary Turquoise Hill said Monday they have made an offer to the government of Mongolia to resolve matters in a manner deemed "beneficial to all stakeholders.”
Super Copper’s Cordillera project approved by Chile’s National Mining Authority The concessions cover approximately 6,858 hectares in the Atacama copper belt. December 24, 2025 | 11:24 am