April 19, 2012 Mongolia’s ‘ninja’ miners help sate China’s lust for gold In a hot, concrete hut filled with acetylene fumes, an elderly Mongolian miner struggles to contain her excitement as she plucks a sizzling inch-long nugget of gold from a grubby…
April 19, 2012 Indian diamond exports fall 17.3% as measures to curb ‘round-tripping’ bite The imposition of a 2 percent import duty on cut and polished diamonds on January 17 this year resulted in a dramatic reduction by 17.3 percent of India’s polished diamond…
April 18, 2012 Gold, silver rebound on seasonal demand Snapping a two-day losing trend, both the precious metals, gold and silver, recovered sharply in the national capital recently on emergence of buying by stockists at existing lower levels for…
April 18, 2012 Cambodia, once secret, is now open for business: Richard Stanger Resource investors are always looking for the next untapped region and Richard Stanger thinks he has found it.
April 18, 2012 Indonesia readies ban on unprocessed metal-ore shipments Indonesia, Southeast Asia’s largest economy, will proceed with a plan to ban exports of unprocessed metal ores including bauxite from next month, while confirming an exemption for producers that intend…
April 18, 2012 Australian miners seek business opportunities in Colombia The mining boom that Colombia is experiencing has driven a group of Australian firms to visit the South American country and explore what the country has to offer in terms…
April 18, 2012 Legendary mining financier Robert Friedland quits Ivanhoe in Rio Tinto shake-up Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto tightened its grip on Ivanhoe Mines as part of a $3.3 billion financing deal announced this morning, leading to the resignation of chief executive and…
April 18, 2012 Lynas putting Malaysian opposition to its operations behind it: analysts Australian analysts from Foster Stockbroking say confidence in rare earths miner Lynas Corporation (ASX:LYC) is returning after the Malaysian High Court dismissed an appeal against the company's Advanced Materials Plant…
April 17, 2012 Freeport McMoRan ripe for takeout, analysts say Freeport McMoran Copper & Gold is currently valued so low that it is an excellent target for a takeover, according to media reports today.
April 17, 2012 Mongolian government tells SouthGobi Resources to stop mining Three weeks after SouthGobi Resources' $925 million deal with Chalco, the Government of Mongolia told SouthGobi that it had to suspend exploration and mining activity on certain licenses.
Precious metals craze prompts China fund to turn away investors UBS SDIC Fund had become increasingly concerned that investors could be exposed to heavy losses should a record-breaking bull market suddenly turn. December 27, 2025 | 08:00 am
