October 18, 2013 Hundreds attack Aussie miner offices in Kyrgyzstan Group opposes letting foreigners mine Kyrgyzstan’s resources.
October 17, 2013 Chinese girls want to break down barriers to mining "Some jobs are really inappropriate for women.”
October 17, 2013 Central banks are unwise to sell their gold: ECB president Mario Draghi Central bank gold provides fairly good protection against fluctuations of the dollar and risk diversification.
October 17, 2013 Nautilus Minerals to open second seafloor mine by 2017 As its flagship Solwara 1 project, the new one is also in located in Papua New Guinea’s Bismarck Sea.
October 17, 2013 PNG: The gold producing country nobody was talking about, until now PNG's gold industry contributes a higher proportion to the the country's economy than the sector does in any other major mining country in the world.
October 16, 2013 Is gold still a safe haven? Owning an asset that is no-one’s obligation and has no ties to the financial system would seem to be prudent at a time like this, so why hasn’t gold performed…
October 16, 2013 US is exceptional, it’s the largest debtor in the history of the world: Jim Rogers "This thing is going to end badly."
October 15, 2013 Coal to overtake oil as main source of energy by 2020 The two main coal consumers, China and India, are turning back to it because it is cheaper and more reliable than oil or renewable energy sources.
October 15, 2013 Rio Tinto restarts negotiations with Mongolia over Oyu Tolgoi Rio Tinto has tried to get approval from Mongolia for its financing proposal since last winter, but the government has not yet offered a direct reply.
Codelco, SQM seal lithium venture in Chile’s Atacama desert NovaAndino Litio, the venture, will control all lithium exploration, production and sales in the Atacama salar until 2060. December 27, 2025 | 09:38 am