July 18, 2012 Discovery of rare earth minerals on ocean floor could break Chinese stranglehold Recent discoveries of rare earth minerals at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean could break China's existing stranglehold on supply of the key raw materials.
July 16, 2012 A historic window of opportunity in Mongolia Investor fears about mining stocks are misplaced especially if those companies are mining in Mongolia. The country home to the largest copper deposit and this Gold Report explains why there…
July 16, 2012 Mongolia’s new rulers may put world’s richest coal deposit beyond reach The Democratic Party which campaigned on sharing more of the spoils of mining with Mongolian citizens won the majority of seats while the junior partner in the new ruling coalition,…
July 16, 2012 China’s Zijin Mining obtains regulatory approval for Norton Gold takeover Zijin Mining Group (HK:2899), China’s largest gold producer, announced on Friday that its bid for Australia’s Norton Gold Fields Limited (ASX:NGF) had successfully obtained approval from Australian regulators.
July 16, 2012 No option: China has to deleverage Dee Woo writes in the Business Insider that the Chinese government no longer has any policy options left, and it must start deleveraging.
July 15, 2012 OceanaGold to sell copper, gold production to Trafigura OceanaGold will sell 100% of the copper and gold concentrate production from its Didipio project in Luzon, northern Philippines to Trafigura, following signing of a heads of agreement.
July 15, 2012 Emerging market central banks monopolize gold market Emerging market central banks have been the biggest official buyers of gold over the past year or so with total net central bank purchases the largest since 1964 last year…
July 13, 2012 Solomon changes exploration focus to tin, signs option agreement on Rurembo property, Rwanda, to complete private placement to raise $500,000 Solomon has changed exploration focus to tin, signed an option agreement on the Rurembo Property in Rwanda and is set to complete a private placement to raise $500,000.
July 13, 2012 China Q2 growth slows to GFC levels The Chinese economy logged 7.6% of growth in the second quarter, falling beneath the 8% threshold for the first time in three years, and hitting its lowest level since the…
July 12, 2012 Mongolia kingmaker: ‘Fix’ Oyu Tolgoi ‘shadow masters’ and ‘scare to death’ Tavan Tolgoi oligarchs The Facebook page of the junior partner in the likely ruling coalition post the Mongolian elections makes for scary reading.
CHART: Friday massacre for mining stocks but copper price pulls out of nosedive Historic down day for gold and silver prices caused double digit losses for precious metals stocks but copper miners came off relatively lightly. January 30, 2026 | 06:21 pm
