May 14, 2012 India plagued by problems acquiring foreign mines India is not China when it comes to successful acquisitions of foreign mining companies, reports the Wall Street Journal.
May 14, 2012 Uncertain coal supplies in India drive Power Ministry to seek Prime Minister’s intervention With no end in sight to the continuing tussle between state-run Cola India Limited (CIL) and the power producers over the fuel supply issues, the Power Ministry has petitioned the…
May 14, 2012 Anglo Asian gets the green light to build second gold mine in Azerbaijan Anglo Asian (LON:AAZ) shares were up 3% to 35 pence this morning on news that the government of Azerbaijan has approved the development of the group's second gold mine in…
May 14, 2012 Australian coal miners fail trying to reopen Ebenezer mine Australian protestors fighting the reopening of the Queensland Ebenezer mine by Zedemar Holdings, are considering an appeal after the Supreme Court dismissed their claims.
May 13, 2012 Gold takes it on the chin…what’s next? There was a strong reaction last week to the elevated debt crisis in Europe, with commodities and equities being indiscriminately sold. Gold fell 3 percent this week, losing its safe…
May 13, 2012 Commodities sector needs more skilled workers: Dompok TAMPARULI: More local skilled workers are needed to ensure the national commodities industry remains competitive and market-oriented. Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Tan Sri Bernard Dompok said given that the…
May 13, 2012 Chart of the week: where global industrial production is coming from Many have compared today’s economic recovery to the slow, stagnant growth Americans lived through in the 1970s.
May 13, 2012 Indonesian Ni Ore export tax levied 20pct The Indonesian government enforced an export tax system effective May 6th 2012 in which 20% export tax is levied on 14 mineral products of Indonesian origin including nickel ore. As…
May 13, 2012 China posts 10 pct rise in Q1 gold output (MENAFN) China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said that during the first quarter, the country's production of gold rose 10 percent from a year earlier, reported Xinhua News.The ministry…
May 11, 2012 End of the Kim era at Kazakhmys When Kim got involved with Kazakhmys (then called ZhezkazganTsvetMet) during the 1990s the Soviet era the state company was in complete disarray and debt laden. He turned Kazakhmys into a…
US urges partners and allies to increase critical minerals supply chain resiliency Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent hosted his counterparts in Washington to discuss solutions to secure and diversify supply chains for critical minerals. January 12, 2026 | 03:08 pm
