March 15, 2013

Ten banks to back up Rio Tinto’s Oyu Tolgoi: report

The mine is currently operating under a temporary month-to-month budget from Rio's coffers

March 14, 2013

Oyu Tolgoi: Mongolia tosses ball into Rio’s court

Mongolia wants six issues resolved before agreeing on construction funding.

March 14, 2013

What’s Asia’s bellwether economy saying?

Just when the western world was worried about a serious double-dip recession, the unthinkable happened: Asia faltered.

March 14, 2013

Is the price of gold manipulated Libor-style?

The Commodity Futures Commission is determining whether or not the big banks are manipulating gold prices daily.

March 14, 2013

Japanese miner building rare earth recovery plant in the Phillipines

The scandium recovery facility will be built later this year with operations slated to begin in 2014.

March 13, 2013

Canadian Arctic irreversible melt not just bad news

The decreasing Arctic ice sheet could mean billions for the mining industry, say experts.

March 12, 2013

The ‘revolution’ in the next decade of mining

Deloitte CEO Glen Ives believes the mining industry will 'revolutionize' the way it approaches projects in the coming decade.

March 10, 2013

Honda’s starts recycling program to extract 80% of rare earths from used hybrid batteries

386 hybrid vehicles damaged in the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami prompted the Japanese carmaker to design a new extraction process.

March 10, 2013

Mongolia working hard to avoid the mistakes of 2009 with new mining law

The Law with the Long Name enacted in 2009 abruptly cancelled 200 mining and exploration licences.

March 9, 2013

US raises serious concerns over Oyu Tolgoi’s environmental, social impact

Won't vote on World Bank funding of $4.5 billion debt package sought by Rio Tinto.