January 28, 2013 China seeks to expand into Iranian mining sector A senior Chinese official has flagged Beijing's strong interest in Iranian resources.
January 26, 2013 Machine part discovered in 300 million-year old lump of coal A metal implement which appears to be the toothed rail of a gear shift has been found in a lump of coal around 300 million years in age
January 25, 2013 “Peak Oil” impacting Norwegian and Saudi 2013 production? While it is hard to ramp up much sympathy for petro-states, Norway and Saudi Arabia are both facing a murky 2013 as domestic production falls, pushing both nations towards some…
January 25, 2013 Centerra Gold responds to rumours of Kumtor’s mine licence cancellation Local media reported that Kyrgyzstan minister of economy, Temir Sariyev, implied that Centerra would have its permit revoked and a new company would continue to extract gold from Kumtor.
January 25, 2013 Problems at the world’s largest coking coal mine escalate Mongolia is planning to cancel China coal-supply contract, and has delayed Tavan Tolgoi's IPO.
January 25, 2013 Jamaica gives the green light to rare earth feasibility study The mining of rare earth minerals in the Caribbean nation of Jamaica has come a step closer after its government gave the go-ahead to the feasibility study for a proposed…
January 24, 2013 Big 4’s massive new iron ore supply cutting juniors off at the knees Projects by smaller players won't survive the double digit prices that are coming soon.
January 24, 2013 Kirkuk poised for conflict, BP enters fray This is the deal that could tip tensions toward out-right conflict between the Iraqi Kurds and the Iraqi central government.
January 23, 2013 BHP axes coal costs, fuels aluminum writedown speculation In its half-year production update, BHP highlighted challenges faced by its aluminum and nickel businesses.
January 23, 2013 India strives to undermine its gold bugs India's finance minister has called for the South Asian giant to curb its external purchases of bullion in order to balance the country's current account and improve resource allocation.
South32 posts nearly 17% jump in quarterly manganese output The world's biggest manganese producer produced 1.3 million wet metric tons of the steel additive for the December quarter. January 21, 2026 | 02:06 pm
