March 4, 2012 Indian billionaires jostle for Australian coal mines Driven by an insatiable demand for energy back home, a number of Indian billionaires are jostling to get their hands on Australian coal mines.
March 4, 2012 India’s thorium not coal holds the key to solve power crisis Coal or thorium, is the question before the nation's power generation sector not in the short run but in the long term, both having its pros and cons. Enhancing the…
March 3, 2012 Indians’ love affair with platinum was brief The Business Standard reports now that platinum trades more in line with the gold price, Indian jewellery buyers are moving back into gold.
March 1, 2012 Oyu Tolgoi sucks up cash and Ivanhoe must sell off assets. Investors chase stock up 5% betting on rich buyers After steady gains throughout the day Ivanhoe Mines – building one of the richest copper and gold mines in the world – ended Thursday up 5.47% after CEO and founder…
March 1, 2012 Potashcorp says 2012 should see record potash demand. India slashes subsidies 20% Potashcorp, the world's number one producer of the soil nutrient, also expects balanced or tight supply for the next four years.
February 29, 2012 A fall in the gold price could boost India’s financial system: Reserve Bank Rather than drastically change or destabilise the Indian financial market, a correction in the price of gold could actually mitigate financial stress, a paper by India's central bank has noted.
February 27, 2012 Indian gold ETF investment doubled last year – and set to surge this As investors in India look to bolster their investment portfolio and look for options outside the stock market, demand for ETFs that invest in gold doubled in 2011 and is…
February 26, 2012 Mining causing water crisis in Meghalaya The mineral-rich Jaintia Hills district of Meghalaya faces an acute drinking water crisis as major rivers there have been declared “unfit” for human use due to high level of acidity…
February 26, 2012 Violence halts Papua mine production Freeport-McMoRan has suspended operations at it gold and copper mine in eastern Indonesia's Papua province due to fighting among its employees.
February 25, 2012 Vedanta consolidation to create world’s 7th largest natural resources company London-based Vedanta Group (LON:VED) announced Saturday a merger of two of its subsidiaries, Sesa Goa and Sterlite Industries, into a new corporate entity to be named Sesa Sterlite.
Critical Metals expects to close Greenland supply deals in Q1 2026, CEO says The company has already pre-sold 75% of planned output, split between the US and Europe. December 31, 2025 | 12:08 pm
