October 20, 2012

This week in Indian gold: imports on the up again, finance ministry considered monetizing bullion

There is huge pent up demand after 18 months of declining imports.

October 19, 2012

Japan turns to India for rare earth metals

Japan is set to commence imports of rare earth metals for India in order to hedge against worsening relations with chief supplier China.

October 19, 2012

No more obstacles to Australian exports of uranium to India

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has said that the country has changed its stance on uranium and that there are no further "outstanding obstacles" to exports of the nuclear material…

October 18, 2012

Chinese coal firms in Canada favour foreign labour – report

The Chinese coal mining companies that are staring business in B.C., Canada, have been accused of favouring Chinese applicants to fill available positions, as they have posted ads looking for…

October 18, 2012

Entree Gold provides corporate update

Greg Crowe, President and CEO stated, "We are very disappointed in the recent decline in Entrée's share price, and feel this does not reflect the underlying value of either of…

October 17, 2012

Polymetal hopes to sell precious metal concentrates to Japan, Korea

Polymetal International has made several trial shipments of precious metals concentrates to Japan and South Korea and is planning talks on further supplies, Polymetal's CEO Vitaly Nesis said in an…

October 17, 2012

Potash Corp warns profit to be lower than forecasted

Potash Corp. (TSX, NYSE:POT), Canada's largest fertilizer producer, said Wednesday it was revising its outlook because of delays in reaching contracts with commodity buyers in India and China.

October 17, 2012

Australian PM open to uranium sales to India

Uranium sales are set to be a key issue of discussions between Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard and her counterparts in New Delhi during an official visit to India.

October 16, 2012

India’s rough diamond imports dropped sharply in September

Imports were down 33.2% to just $349.4 million as the average price of imports sank 72.5% to $24.44 per carat, compared to August.

October 15, 2012

Turquoise Hill selling off after Mongolia officially says it wants more of Oyu Tolgoi

The massive copper-gold mine is back in the sights of Mongolia's government.