April 2, 2013 Why Rick Rule bought $280m of platinum and palladium When Rick Rule pairs lower grades, labor strife and inefficient mines with the relentless demand for platinum and palladium, his result is an investment thesis that could pay off for…
April 2, 2013 Two-thirds of graphene patents held by just three countries A "scatter gun approach" to patent filing.
April 2, 2013 Fresh delays hit Glencore-Xstrata $76 billion mega merger New deadline for completion is May 2.
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.
US urges partners and allies to increase critical minerals supply chain resiliency Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent hosted his counterparts in Washington to discuss solutions to secure and diversify supply chains for critical minerals. January 12, 2026 | 03:08 pm
