March 30, 2012 Hindustan Copper to quadruple capacity by 2017 Copper miner, Hindustan Copper, is to invest $650 million in eight mining projects across India over the next five years in a bid to quadruple capacity.
March 30, 2012 Australia: Future Fund leader launches missile at carbon, mining taxes David Murray, the man charged with running the Future Fund for the past six years has used his last day in the job to lambast the carbon tax, labelling it…
March 30, 2012 Uranium market stable despite Japan’s pending decision on nuclear reactors Long term uranium market fundamentals remain strong, despite worries over what Japan will do with 53 of its 54 nuclear reactors, which are currently rest shut down for maintenance or…
March 30, 2012 Rio Tinto follows Vale and joins Chinese iron ore trading platform The move will allow the London-listed miner to sell non-contracted iron ore directly into China through the electronic trading platform.
March 30, 2012 Harmony Gold digs out of 52-week deep hole as it awaits ‘game-changing’ Wafi-Golpu pre-feasibility Harmony Gold Mining (NYSE:HMY) traded today at a new 52-week low of $10.58. So far today approximately 1 million shares have been exchanged, as compared to an average 30-day volume…
March 29, 2012 Zijin Mining looking to Asia for more gold, copper assets Chinese copper-gold giant Zijin Mining Group is on the move again with plans for more acquisitions.
March 29, 2012 Aussie mining boom is ‘first taste of Asia’s rise’ Australia's mining boom is just the "first taste" of Asia's ascendancy, Treasurer Wayne Swan said yesterday, with the region's new prosperity expected to transform the global economy.
March 28, 2012 Political pressure, jeweller strike force India to review tax proposals The Indian government has said it will review the tax on unbranded gold proposed in the latest union budget bust said there would be no backing down from the increase…
March 28, 2012 Japan urges dialogue with China on rare earths Japan, the world’s main importer of rare earths, has requested international assistance for alternatives, conservation, diversification and recycling and to continue dialogue with China to secure stable global supply
March 27, 2012 US coal-fired power: What the gas boom started, Obama has just finished off The closures and the dearth of new builds are as much a function of new environmental impact laws as it is of the US gas boom, which has sent natural…
Codelco, SQM seal lithium venture in Chile’s Atacama desert NovaAndino Litio, the venture, will control all lithium exploration, production and sales in the Atacama salar until 2060. December 27, 2025 | 09:38 am