September 19, 2011

Dreams and decline in India’s Kolar Gold Mine

Richard Johnson has a glittering dream he hopes India's dilatory government won't thwart. The 60-year-old mining engineer wants to restart gold production at Kolar, site of one of the world's…

September 18, 2011

First signs of potash demand destruction as India sales plummet 58%

The Hindu Business Line reports disproportionate price increases of fertilizers are clearly playing out, with sales of di-ammonium phosphate (DAP) falling 21.6% and muriate of potash (MOP) plunging 58% during…

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.