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…
March 7, 2011 6 bidders left in tussle for Mongolia’s Tavan Tolgoi coal deposit ArcelorMittal, Vale and Xstrata are among six bidders short-listed to develop Mongolia's Tavan Tolgoi mine, the world's largest untapped coking coal deposit, Mongolia said on Monday. U.S. coal miner Peabody…
March 7, 2011 Thousands stranded after landslide, but mine still operational: Freeport McMorran A landslide Saturday near Freeport McMorran's Grasberg mine left thousands of workers stranded, but was not expected to impact operations at the world's largest copper mine, a company spokesperson told…
March 4, 2011 Huge new copper gold intersection at Wafi-Golpu in PNG Newcrest today reported a staggering intersection of copper gold - 883 metres grading 2.15% copper and 2.23 grams/tonne gold at its Wafi-Golpu project. The project is part of the Morobe…
March 4, 2011 Massive Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold project may be major silver producer-Friedland The massive Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold project in southern Mongolia is now expected to produce an average of more than 3 million ounces of silver annually during its first 10 years…
March 3, 2011 Kazakhmys remains confident of copper’s longer term outlook Kazakhmys, the world's 10th largest copper miner, was confident the long-term outlook for copper remained positive as a surge in prices drove its full-year profit higher. Kazakhmys said on Thursday…
February 27, 2011 Indian gold sales to soar on strong farm income De-seasonalised demand for gold is likely to shoot up in India as agriculture income in the country soars. Farmers primed to invest […]
February 25, 2011 45% decline in Japan’s copper exports over last year Japan's Ministry of Finance data reveals drop in refined copper exports to 26,208 tonnes. TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's refined copper exports fell 45 percent in January from a year earlier…
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