March 14, 2011 Quake halts production at Japanese steelmakers Reuters is reporting that FE Steel, the world's No 5 steelmaker, on Monday halted production at a plant near Tokyo and global fourth-ranked Nippon Steel suspended operations at two small…
March 14, 2011 Fukushima crisis creates big fallout in Australian uranium stocks Australian uranium counters took a substantial hit on Monday in the wake of the crisis at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in […]
March 14, 2011 Japan and precious metals: a snapshot As the country still reels from the devastation of a massive earthquake and tsunami, we provide a brief view of where Japan […]
March 14, 2011 Tragedies and gold… After the awful tragedy in Japan placed doubts on Japan’s financial future some media reports said the gold rose on the back of that. We could not disagree more.
March 14, 2011 Indian mining industry to face skilled manpower shortage India, ranked among the top five global players in production of several major minerals, is poised for rapid growth in its mining industry - about five percent of the GDP.…
March 13, 2011 Worries about Japan’s nuclear reactor are overblown Media coverage of the Japanese nuclear power plant that suffered damage after Friday’s earthquake is overblown, according to Dr. Josef Oehmen, a research […]
March 11, 2011 Uranium sector could be in for a ‘cruel blow’ after disaster in Japan The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant has been in the news after the earthquake in Japan cut off the plant’s cooling system. […]
March 11, 2011 Earthquake inches up Tokyo gold futures; natural gas prices rise The most active gold contract on the Tokyo Commodity Exchange, February 2012 , inched up after an earthquake of magnitute 8.8 struck the north coast of Japan, while the rubber…
March 10, 2011 Tata Steel expects 15% jump in raw material costs The Wall Street Journal writes that Tata Steel Ltd. expects its raw material costs to increase around 15% in the next fiscal […]
March 9, 2011 American Manganese to benefit in a world where steel majors scramble to secure raw materials Manganese demand is closely tied to the global steel market. While there are questions about what 2011 will offer, in terms of steel demand, especially as China appears to be…
CMOC raises $1.2 billion in convertibles deal The notes mark the largest convertible-bond deal by a Chinese miner since Zijin’s $2 billion issuance in 2024. January 20, 2026 | 07:12 am
