April 13, 2012 Pakistan must turn to coal to avert energy crisis According to trade and industry sources, the country must tap into its largely untapped reserves and imports to generate power beyond the next decade if it is to ease its…
April 13, 2012 Minerals Council of Australia restarts anti tax ad campaign The Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) resumed today an ad campaign initially launched in July last year, attacking alleged hikes on the federal government's mining and carbon taxes.
April 12, 2012 Top analysts see copper rising even as China slows The third consecutive annual copper shortage and accelerating U.S. growth will drive prices to the highest in a year in the next quarter, according to the most accurate forecasters.
April 12, 2012 Indonesia not only wants to own foreign mining co’s, now it will impose higher taxes on them too Indonesia wants to have its mining cake and eat it too, as the country, one of the world's largest exporters of copper and coal, will speed up a tax on…
April 12, 2012 World Bank trims China’s growth outlook The World Bank cut its growth forecast for China on Thursday, adding to warnings the world’s second-largest economy might slow too abruptly, and said Beijing should be ready to launch…
April 12, 2012 Lynas wins a battle, but war with Malaysians who oppose rare earth plant goes on In what could be considered a slight victory for embattled Australian rare earths miner Lynas Corporation (ASX:LYC), the Malaysian High Court ruled today against a request to review a recent…
April 12, 2012 New high grade silver/zinc hits on Kalgoorlie’s doorstep Junior explorer McPhersons Resources is hoping to exploit the strong silver price to develop a mine on the southern doorstep to Australia's historic gold mining capital of Kalgoorlie.
April 11, 2012 Look ma, no rare earths Hitachi has built an 11-kilowatt motor that uses no rare earth materials. The motor took four years to develop, and commercial production is expected in two years.
April 11, 2012 How serious are China and India about their gold? Despite the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 suffering their worst day of the year on Tuesday, precious metals were able to decouple and climb higher.
April 11, 2012 1/2-million ounce gold reserve confirmed at Tembang, Sumatra Sumatra Copper & Gold has released a new reserve estimate for its Tembang gold-silver project in southern Sumatra, Indonesia.
Super Copper’s Cordillera project approved by Chile’s National Mining Authority The concessions cover approximately 6,858 hectares in the Atacama copper belt. December 24, 2025 | 11:24 am
