April 10, 2012 A worry for Caterpillar: plunging Chinese excavator sales Caterpillar has gotten a lot of juice out of overseas sales, and China’s been a growing market for the company. So anything undermining that is a concern for investors.
April 10, 2012 ‘Chinese imports of gold can only be described as massive right now’: Von Greyz Egon von Greyerz told King World News that gold imports in China have ramped up considerably due to concerns about the world […]
April 10, 2012 Molycorp’s rare earth reserves jump 36% U.S.-based Molycorp, Inc., one of the only non-Chinese producers of rare earths, announced today that its proven and probable reserves of rare earth minerals at its Mountain Pass, California facility…
April 10, 2012 Vedanta Group says mining ban in India hits iron ore output London-listed diversified miner Vedanta Resources (LON:VED) announced today a significant drop in its full-year iron ore output, attributed to both a mining ban in India’s southern state of Karnataka and…
April 10, 2012 No bubble here: Rogers says Chinese property market is cooled down Legendary commodity-investor and Singapore resident, Jim Rogers, told China Daily News that the property market has been slowed down and there is no crisis.
April 10, 2012 Rare earths shortage would spur Pentagon action, official says The Defense Department would intervene in case of a shortage of rare earth materials for defense electronics and motors, Brett Lambert, the Pentagon official responsible for industrial policy, said.
April 9, 2012 Ivanhoe bloodletting continues The Vancouver-based miner gave up another 3% on Monday, bringing its losses over the past trading week to 15% as worries about grades and costs at Oyu Tolgoi – one…
April 9, 2012 Ready, set, go: China’s long-awaited rare earth industry group is already here In a move to curb the rampant domestic illegal mining of rare earth, as well as to regulate its rare earths players, China launched on Sunday its industry association for…
April 8, 2012 New regulations on gold trading introduced in Vietnam The Prime Minister has issued a decree on the management of gold trading, stipulating that the government will hold a monopoly over the production of gold bars as well as…
April 8, 2012 Russian diamond manufacturers criticize India Access to rough diamonds has always been an issue for diamond manufacturers, and the backdrop to much commercial and national strife. Last week this was exemplified when a Russian manufacturing…
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