September 26, 2013 China investment opportunities today: Jim Rogers Somebody's going to get rich cleaning up China's environment.
September 26, 2013 A wave of M&A coming for small and micro-cap gold companies? "I do think that this is an entry point for many of the intermediate and senior producers."
September 25, 2013 Iron ore giant Vale has a secret that it won’t share The Brazilian miner is considering more non-core asset sales by the end of the year... and it is also working on a secret, "surprising" deal.
September 24, 2013 Mining and other human activities hurting coral reefs, causing sea life extinction: report Species living in declining reef habitats, such as Australia’s Great Barrier, likely to go extinct.
September 23, 2013 One in ten Australian mining professionals unemployed The figure is up from just 2% only 12 months ago.
September 19, 2013 Australia’s largest open cut zinc mine closing in 2016 Remediation at Century, the world’s third largest open cut zinc mine, is expected to take 120 years.
September 18, 2013 Rio and Chalco abandon bid for $20bn bauxite deposit in Australia The move surprised investors, especially since Chalco had previously held the lease and was willing to develop the resource.
September 17, 2013 Gold exploration budget hit all-time high in 2012, but future doesn’t look rosy Only half the total resources discovered since 1990 has been converted into reserves or put into production to date.
September 16, 2013 Former Rio Tinto CEO Tom Albanese joins rival Vedanta The news comes only nine months after Albanese was removed as CEO of the second-biggest miner and left the group with a $14billion charge.
September 15, 2013 Top scientists overstate global warming: leaked UN report "It is not a bible, it is a scientific review, an assessment of the literature."
Chile ready to sign lithium operation contract for Maricunga salt flat The project is managed by Codelco and Rio Tinto. January 27, 2026 | 09:54 am
