June 20, 2011 Imports of gold and silver soar 222% in India The import of gold and silver by India has risen by a whopping 222% between April and May 2011, as compared to a year ago. In the month of May…
June 19, 2011 Zimbabwe vows to defy rules on ‘blood diamonds’ Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe has promised to sell diamonds from his country's controversial Marange mine ''sanctions or no sanctions'', and the country that would be his biggest customer, India, is…
June 19, 2011 Indonesia gold and copper miner NNT delays $500m IPO again over government stake Indonesian gold miner Newmont Nusa Tenggara’s long-delayed initial public offering is not likely to happen this year as the problematic divestment process has prompted the company to re-evaluate the terms…
June 19, 2011 Merged Nippon-Sumitomo may retain Tata Steel, drop Bushan as ally Japanese steel firms Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metals are likely to retain Tata Steel as partner for India, post their proposed merger. Nippon Steel has a tie-up with Tatas and…
June 18, 2011 Mongolia close to offering Tavan Tolgoi mine to 3 or 4 bidders Mongolia may share its Tavan Tolgoi coal mining project between a majority of the six bidders shortlisted by the government and ask them to work together, Prime Minister Sukhbaatar Batbold…
June 18, 2011 Three dead, seven rescued in Goa mining accident The Hindustan Times reports three people were feared killed while seven others were rescued in a major mining accident in Goa's Sanvordem town, officials said on Saturday. The 10 people…
June 17, 2011 Tata Steel sells Riversdale stake to Rio Tinto India's Tata Steel on Thursday agreed to sell its 26 percent stake in Australia's Riversdale to Rio Tinto for $1.1 billion, giving the Anglo-Australian giant full control of the coal…
June 16, 2011 Russia muscles in on Zimbabwe’s $5bn diamond stockpile SW Radio Africa news reports India has raised concerns as Russia is set to join China in moves to control diamond mining in Zimbabwe, with the Federation’s state diamond group…
June 16, 2011 India raises interest rates, worrying signs for gold Rising inflation in China and India's tenth interest rate hike since March 2010, is set to take a toll on consumers preference for the yellow metal, according to analysts and…
June 16, 2011 SouthGobi Selects Modular for mine management solution Modular Mining Systems, one of the world leaders in information management solutions for mining operations, has announced that SouthGobi Resources has chosen to implement the Modular IntelliMine Integrated Asset Management…
Construction on track for Q1 completion at Sibanye’s Keliber lithium project in Finland Keliber is the EU's most advanced integrated lithium project, with planned LiOH production of around 15,000 tonnes per annum. January 19, 2026 | 01:57 pm
