September 2, 2012 Death toll in China mine blast rises to 43 The death toll from a gas explosion at a Chinese coal mine has risen to 43, with three miners still remaining underground.
September 2, 2012 Govt rejects BJP’s demand to probe coal block allocations Sources say that the government has refused to accept both the demands of the BJP -- to cancel coal block allocations and a fair judicial probe in the coal scam.
September 1, 2012 $33 billion “Coalgate” scandal threatens to topple Indian PM Political controversy surrounding suspect allocations of coal mining concessions in India threaten to topple Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with chief opposition party the BJP issuing calls for his resignation.
August 31, 2012 Don Coxe recommends investors read Lenin to understand the markets China and India have always been crazy for gold and the yellow metal remains the choice store of value in those two countries, says Don Coxe, a strategic advisor to…
August 31, 2012 Athabasca confirms oil sands venture Athabasca Oil Corp. (TSX:ATH) confirmed Friday that it is in the preliminary stages of establishing a joint venture for two of its Alberta oil sands assets, but it declined to…
August 31, 2012 India looks for rare earths under the sea India is already building a rare-earth mineral processing plant in the east coast state of Orissa and will invest $135 million in a new exploration ship and the refurbishing of…
August 31, 2012 Chinese firms invest in smelters as Indonesian ore export ban approaches Chinese firms plan to invest up to AUD$8.6 billion in Indonesian smelters to mitigate the impact of a ban on unprocessed ore exports.
August 29, 2012 Iron ore freefall catches miners Iron ore prices hit the lowest level since November 2009 on Tuesday as the commodity crashed 4.6% closing at $94.80. The dive proved a drag for producers of the commodity,…
August 29, 2012 Newcrest restarts Lihir mine Gold producer Newcrest Mining (ASX:NCM) resumed its operations at the Lihir project, in Papua New Guinea, following the resolution of a dispute lodged by the Lihir Mining Area Landowners Association…
August 28, 2012 Land fight forces Newcrest to shut Lihir gold mine Australia’s largest listed gold company by market capitalization, Newcrest Mining (ASX:NCM), said Tuesday it had to suspend production at its flagship Lihir mine in Papua New Guinea, as protests from…
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