June 25, 2014 Ex-SouthGobi workers long stuck in Mongolia get trial date Mongolia blocks accused from leaving country, often for years.
June 24, 2014 ETF sold gold piling up as Chinese imports drop 83% Swiss customs data for May show delivery from UK gold vaults to Switzerland's refineries jumping 32% to 32 tonnes, just as Chinese buying tanks 83%.
June 24, 2014 Nathan Tinkler’s $150 million Wilkie Creek coal mine on track The former billionaire denied media reports saying his $150 million agreement to buy coal mine could be delayed or derailed because he has not satisfied contractual financing conditions.
June 23, 2014 India expands uranium enrichment India is expanding a covert uranium enrichment plant that could potentially support the development of thermonuclear weapons, a defense research group says, raising the stakes in a regional arms race…
June 23, 2014 Mongolia says Rio Tinto owes $130 million in Oyu Tolgoi unpaid taxes The long-dragged dispute between Rio and the Mongolian government over a $6.6 billion underground expansion of Oyu Tolgoi has hit a fresh impasse.
June 23, 2014 Emerging markets firms to lead global mining sector: PwC Net profits from progressing economies-based miners reached $24 billion in 2013, compared to a net loss of $4 billion for developed market firms.
June 20, 2014 Iron ore price builds on rally But Chinese banks are starting to call in iron ore-backed loans to traders holding 38mt, forcing them to dump inventories onto already well-supplied market.
June 20, 2014 Caterpillar mining sales slump, stock still performs Miner spending cuts hitting maker hard.
June 19, 2014 Copper demand to overtake surplus by 2019: Zimtu Copper mining economics "changing dramatically."
June 18, 2014 Iron ore price in mini rally Back above $90 a tonne after soaring Indian ore import numbers lift sentiment.
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
