March 30, 2013

Construction of $9bn Roy Hill iron ore mine kicks off, no $2-a-day workers needed

The biggest Australian iron ore mine to emerge in decades would not employ any of the 1,700 foreign construction workers it had been allowed to import.

March 29, 2013

Tibet landslide traps 83 gold miners

Most of the workers are believed to be ethnic Chinese attracted by the opportunities Tibet's vast mineral wealth provides.

March 28, 2013

US lobby warns Pentagon against further dependence on Chinese rare earths

Governments around the world have become increasingly attentive to rare earths as their strategic value has become clearer.

March 28, 2013

Production at Uranium One up 15 pct but average sales price 11 pct lower

$102.3 million writedown in Tanzania.

March 28, 2013

Iraq-Kurdistan’s looming ‘oil showdown’

The flashpoint for the armed conflict is the Kirkuk oilfield on the boundary between the two sides.

March 27, 2013

INFOGRAPHIC: Mining sector has second largest gender pay gap

The largest wage gap was in construction.

March 26, 2013

Ten mining experts you should follow on Twitter

MINING.com's first 'Twitter Mining Top Ten' list.

March 25, 2013

Japan’s massive rare earth discovery threatens China’s supremacy

The deposit contains rare earths that are 20 to 30 times more concentrated than those coming from China.

March 25, 2013

Further evidence of the ‘gold production cliff’: Intierra

New gold discoveries declined by 45% over the past decade.

March 21, 2013

You can stop worrying about ETF outflows now. Indian gold imports have surged 41%

India's imports averaging 87 tonnes a month helps to explain resilience of gold price despite record ETF outflows.