September 18, 2011 India is now the elephant in the room New economic numbers from India, the latest forecasts for the country's voracious appetite for gold, iron ore and in particular coal and its plans for a sovereign wealth fund to…
September 18, 2011 Indian iron ore mining mess – more skeletons out of closet It has now emerged that Mr Gali Janardhana Reddy, the jailed former Karnataka minister made crores out of a fictitious steel plant aided by the former Andhra Pradesh chief.
September 18, 2011 India steel demand to grow by 70% to 113 Mt India's steel demand is likely to jump by over 70 per cent to 113 million tonnes (MT) by the end of the next Five-Year Plan, with the infrastructure sector projected…
September 18, 2011 India Panaji port used as gateway for exporting illegal ore The state-run Panaji Minor Port could have served as a gateway to export a huge amount of illegal iron ore from the state, a senior official revealed, while appealing the…
September 18, 2011 Chhattisgarh coal blocks a test case for acquiring India tribal lands This wedding season, anxious grooms from Parsa and Ghatburra, two villages in Chhattisgarh’s Surguja district, were offered financial assistance from an unlikely source. Adani Mining Pvt Ltd, a subsidiary of…
September 18, 2011 India coal deal takes Rinehart a step closer to $100 billion personal fortune India infrastructure giant GVK on Saturday said it would pay $1.3 billion for Australia's Hancock Prospecting coal, rail and port projects and spend a further $10 billion developing them as…
September 18, 2011 Strike slashes output at Freeport’s Grasberg in Indonesia by 230,000 tonnes a day A strike at Freeport McMoRan’s huge gold and copper mine in eastern Indonesia has slashed production by 230,000 tonnes a day, the energy and minerals ministry said on Friday. The…
September 18, 2011 Harmony Gold eyes copper-gold projects in Philippines South African mining firm Harmony Gold Mining Co. Ltd., the worlds fifth largest gold producer, is looking to invest in copper-gold projects in the Philippines.
September 18, 2011 Gold gains in India on Saturday but charts point to $1,700 Both gold and silver gained on the bullion market on Saturday as bargain hunters returned to the market. While gold surged by Rs 420 to Rs 28,160 per 10 grams,…
September 18, 2011 Deal to build the world’s richest coal mine collapses The China Post reports Mongolia's National Security Council has rejected a deal struck with foreign firms to develop the western block of Tavan Tolgoi in the South Gobi desert, the…
China pledges to control steel output during 2026-2030 period In the first 11 months of 2025, China's crude steel output fell 4% from a year earlier. December 27, 2025 | 08:20 am
