April 19, 2012 Not at the top: rare earth ranks fifth for supply risk In a supply risk index of chemical elements that are of economic value, four elements placed ahead of rare earth.
April 19, 2012 Indonesian export ban to make many nickel mines viable again Anton Berlin, head of marketing for Norilsk, says if prices rise above $20,000 a tonne on the back of Indonesia’s proposed ban on the export of ore, many idled mines…
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 Brazil’s aluminum output went up 3.7% in March Brazil's aluminum output in March went up 3.7% to 125,000 tonnes, according to the national aluminum association, Abal.
April 19, 2012 Copper prices will hit bottom before rising in latter part of 2012 Copper prices will continue dipping but only until the middle of this year, at which point they should start rising again, according to the latest Thomson Reuters’ GFMS Copper Survey…
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…
Mkango launches rare earth plant in Britain using recycled materials The new plant adds to Britain's strategy to increase critical minerals supply, aiming to meet 10% of domestic demand from local mining and 20% from recycling by 2035. January 15, 2026 | 08:55 am
