July 8, 2013

Mongolia tweets OK for Oyu Tolgoi shipments

Mines Minister tweets "first shipments will start on July 9." Fourth time a charm?

July 7, 2013

Newmont to supply Indonesian smelter with concentrate

PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara, a subsidiary of Newmont Mining Corporation, is ready to supply concentrate for national mineral processing and refining plant (smelter).

July 7, 2013

Iron ore price climbs to 6-week high as Australian exports hit record

Australia now supplies more than half of China's imports.

July 6, 2013

Latest Indian gold buying ban: credit card instalments

The curb on credit card purchases of gold spread out over months comes on the heels of a raft of new regulations to cool Indians' love affair with gold.

July 5, 2013

More Rio Tinto pain at $6.2 billion Oyu Tolgoi

"The dispute could heighten investor concerns about the risks of mining in Mongolia."

July 5, 2013

Freaky Friday: Barrick, Goldcorp, Kinross, Newmont, Randgold take big hits

"The decline is feeding on itself."

July 4, 2013

Fatality at Centerra Gold’s Mongolia mine

Roll over.

July 3, 2013

Top 10 gold-loving central banks

Central banks around the world and their gold reserves.

July 2, 2013

Guide to surviving the global mining crisis launched

Most obvious measures include abandoning non-essential exploration work, postponing hires and focusing on core-business operations.

July 1, 2013

China, base metal tiger, sets the trend for metals

Stefan Ioannou of Haywood Securities tees up near-, medium- and long-term scenarios for three industrial metals—copper, zinc and nickel—and explains why he is most enthusiastic about zinc.