November 27, 2012

Japanese to invest in gold en masse:Bryan

Central bank efforts to weaken yen will spur gold demand

November 26, 2012

Australia must tackle lack of competitiveness — Rio Tinto

The giant miner says Australia might miss the “Asian century” boat unless its tackles serious shortcomings, such as competitiveness, productivity, infrastructure investments and foreign capital attraction.

November 25, 2012

Gold demand keeps soaring in India

According to the World Gold Council (WGC), India's net gold imports for domestic consumption is expected to be about 800 tonne this year.

November 25, 2012

Indonesia’s tin mining brings more problems than wealth: report

Tin mining is a profitable but damaging trade that has scarred the Indonesian island of Bangka, a granite outcrop just east of Sumatra, reports English newspaper The Guardian.

November 24, 2012

Gold scales all-time high of $583/10g in India

Gold prices on Saturday hit a new all-time high in the spot market in Mumbai, India, closing at $583 (Rs 32,340) for 10g, up by Rs 190 from Friday.

November 24, 2012

VIDEO: Energy storage will be a trillion dollar industry: American Vanadium

China plans to build storage for 5% of its energy by 2021

November 24, 2012

The red queen syndrome

All through human evolution we have been harnessing increasingly effective forms of energy. From human power to horse power, to wood, coal, natural gas and uranium what we’ve been doing…

November 23, 2012

Central bank: 95% of mined Philippines gold is smuggled out

After the government started enforcing a 7% tax on precious metals, most small-scale producers started selling to smugglers.

November 22, 2012

Robert Friedland joins Rothschild-Bakrie fight over Indonesia coal mines

Nat Rothschild is roping in mining legend Robert Friedland to wrest control of London-listed Bumi from Indonesia's Bakrie dynasty.

November 22, 2012

Chinese rare earth domination shakes up regional trade ties

Japan turns to Kazakhstan for rare earth supplies