July 31, 2011 AFP: Scandal-tained Indian chief minister quits The chief minister of a southern Indian state who is accused of being at the centre of a $3.6 billion mining fraud resigned on Sunday, AFP reported. B.S. Yeddyurappa, 68,…
July 31, 2011 Plans are under way for two coal upgrade plants A subsidiary of coal miner Bumi Resources, and Japanese steel manufacturer Kobe Steel are jointly constructing a smelter that will transform brown coal into higher-quality coal.
July 31, 2011 Labor unrest in copper mines over the past year Reuters reported that miners from Chile to Indonesia have staged strikes to demand a bigger share of a global copper boom, stoking supply fears and boosting prices.
July 29, 2011 Centerra Gold outshines gold bellwethers as profits double Investors rewarded Centerra Gold on Friday after the company reported it more than doubled net profits at $71.1 million on revenues of $243.8 million, up over 60% compared to the…
July 29, 2011 Mumbai diamond broker succumbs to blast injuries Vallabhai Gadhia, a 48-year-old diamond broker, died at Mumbai’s Saifee Hospital as a result of complications arising from injuries he sustained in the bomb blast on July 13 at the…
July 29, 2011 NMDC to open new iron ore mine in Chhattisgarh NMDC Ltd, India's largest iron ore producer and exporter in the public sector, said on Thursday it plans to open a new iron ore mine in Chhattisgarh.
July 29, 2011 FLSmidth wins order for a coal handling project in India FLSmidth has been awarded a contract worth approximately EUR 25m (approximately DKK 180m) by Jhabua Power Ltd. for the supply and installation of the first phase of a 1,800 tons…
July 28, 2011 Building the world’s largest coal mine turning into diplomatic disaster China Briefing News reports state-owned Shenhua, the leader of a joint Chinese, Mongolian, Russian, and US consortium awarded the western block of Mongolia's Tavan Tolgoi coking coal field – the…
July 28, 2011 Mining corruption pulls down chief minister of Karnataka The Bharatiya Janata Party, one of India's largest political parties, forced the resignation on Thursday of B. S. Yeddyurappa, the chief minister of Karnataka. Yeddyurappa was indicted on Wednesday after…
July 28, 2011 Look ma! No rare earth elements Due to rare earth's rising costs and unreliable supply, Japanese researchers built an electrical car that doesn't use any REEs. The proof-of-concept car was built by the Tokyo University of…
Iamgold’s Lemelin thanks mentor for Africa option Bruno Lemelin recalls his first Iamgold boss urging him to join Essakane in Burkina Faso as regional politics began to unravel. December 26, 2025 | 05:00 am
