November 20, 2011

MONGOLIA – JV for coal and iron ore projects

A new joint venture has been formed between one of the world’s top oil and commodity traders and one of Mongolia’s largest private natural resources investors. The 50:50 JV between…

November 20, 2011

Value addition crucial to dev’t of mining sector – study

MANILA, Philippines - The Philippines must conduct a full-blown value-chain analysis for the mining sector and its subsectors in a bid to promote value addition in mining through downstream processing…

November 20, 2011

Uranium bombs despite India move

YOU couldn't even call it a boomlet. It was more like a ripple on a lake, and lasted about as long.

November 19, 2011

China Looks West as India Iron Ore Supply Slumps

China has began looking out for alternative markets to compensate for the Iron Ore trade deficit anticipated from India due to the prevailing crisis, a senior official said...

November 19, 2011

CMIE cuts growth target for durables, yarn, coal sectors [India Business]

CHENNAI: Economic slowdown in the country is taking afirmer grip on the back of rising interest rates, stubbornly high inflation, global economic uncertainty, rupee depreciation and a policy paralysis. Centre…

November 19, 2011

Coal miner Bumi says output on track after Q3 jump

Coal miner Bumi Plc, a venture between financier Nat Rothschild and Indonesia's Bakrie family, said it was on track to hit its 2011 output goal after a 35 percent rise…

November 19, 2011

Workers at Newmont Indonesia on strike-official

Newmont Mining Corp's Indonesian unit said output was unaffected at its copper and gold mine even though 400 workers had gone on strike in a dispute over working shifts. "It…

November 19, 2011

Indonesia underground thermal coal mine to start production April 2012

Kusuma Raya Utama, an Indonesian-Chinese joint venture, is planning to begin production at its second underground thermal coal mine, located in Bengkulu on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, in April…

November 19, 2011

Indian companies likely to win huge Afghan iron ore mine

International Business Times reports that the Afghan mining ministry is leaning heavily towards two state-owned Indian mining firms to develop the country's massive Hajigak iron ore mine: "Afghanistan's minister of…

November 18, 2011

Activist nun who fought Indian mining companies brutally murdered

How an activist nun in eastern India lost her life while organizing impoverished aboriginals against mining company interests.