September 21, 2011 Each day of the strike at Grasberg costs Freeport-McMoran 3 million pounds of copper and 5 thousand ounces of gold Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold reported on Wednesday that the strike at its Grasberg operations in Papua, Indonesia, which began Sept. 15, is costing the company about 3 million pounds of…
September 21, 2011 China, India vie in tough race to acquire big chunk of Australian coal fields Three years before it has yet to really produce coal, the northern Galilee Basin is already fully booked to Indian and Chinese coal mining companies. The Australian Newspaper said India's…
September 21, 2011 Indian iron ore corruption scandal spreads to Goa The Hindustan Times reports that Goa's mining minister, Digambar Kamat, is being accused by the BJP party and members of his own party for participating in illegal mining. The website…
September 20, 2011 Rio on track to mine 240m tonnes of iron ore; analyst downplays oversupply concerns An $85 billion expansion of the iron ore industry in Australia will not depress the price of the crucial steelmaking ingredient because the major producers will simply curtail their outputs.…
September 20, 2011 Mongolia eyes changes to Oyu Tolgoi copper deal The Mongolian government is discussing possible changes to a 2009 investment agreement for the massive Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold deposit, media reports quoted Mongolia's finance minister, S. Bayartsogt, as saying Tuesday.…
September 20, 2011 Mongolia discussing changes to Oyu Tolgoi copper deal -report The Mongolian government is "discussing" possible changes to a 2009 investment agreement for its massive copper-gold deposit at Oyu Tolgoi, media reports quoted the country's Finance Minister S. Bayartsogt as…
September 20, 2011 Rough diamond demand growth to hit record this year Diamond producer De Beers expects global demand growth for rough diamonds to set a new record this year on the exceptionally strong performance of its key US market and robust…
September 19, 2011 Indian state may equip mining trucks with RFID tags to tackle illegal mining The Indian state of Goa is looking to technology as a way to prevent the illegal transport of iron ore. The Times of India reports that the Goa government is…
September 19, 2011 Perfect storm creates tidal wave of gold demand A few weeks ago we held our Case for Investing in Gold webcast with the World Gold Council’s (WGC) Jason Toussaint, who gave some remarkable insight into gold demand in…
September 19, 2011 Freeport McMoRan’s Indonesian workers returning to work More than a thousand workers have returned to Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold's strike-hit Indonesia mine, the company said on Monday, leading the union to say some production has restarted…
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