January 30, 2011 Diamond Deficit To Fuel Global Market Within Three Years The whole issue of blood diamonds refuses to go away, even though Zimbabwe’s deputy mines minister, gift Chimanikire, rather wishes it would. He told Diamond Investing News this week that…
January 30, 2011 Aluminum Market Walking Into A Bullish 2011 The aluminum market's lifeblood is manufacturing and packaging - and times are looking better in these early days of 2011. The metal is now trading at $2,505 per metric ton…
January 30, 2011 Tin constraints looming The global tin market is generally driven by producers in Indonesia, China and Peru. The production of the silverly, malleable metal – used for things like steel-plating – has been…
January 30, 2011 Global iron ore market in flux The iron ore market will never be as a sexy as its gold and silver counterparts; it’s much more about hard hats and dirty Dodge RAM 3500 trucks – you…
January 30, 2011 Tungsten resurgence The steel-gray metal – one known for its high melting point, which makes it ideal for use as a filament, superalloy or in military applications – is making a resurgence…
January 18, 2011 Determined recovery by Queensland’s biggest earner: the coal industry Despite the prospect of an estimated A$2.3 billion worth of lost sales from wet season events beginning early December 2010, Queensland's export coal industry is moving with determination to restore…
January 17, 2011 Australia floods force ships to look for coal supplies elsewhere Reuters reports: An increasing number of dry bulk carriers are departing eastern Australia’s coal ports empty-handed as devastating floods force companies to […]
January 17, 2011 Major Australian mining contract further increases global presence for Redpath Group Copper Mines of Tasmania, a subsidiary of the world's largest zinc miner, Vedanta, is working with Redpath Australia, part of The Redpath Group (based in North Bay, Canada) on mine…
January 14, 2011 Australian mines will need months to pump out flood waters According to mining contractors, coal mines in Australia's flood-ravaged Queensland state could take up to six months to return to full operation.
January 13, 2011 Australia coal losses mount Australia’s devastating floods could remove 5 percent or more of steelmaking coal from world markets, a major bank estimated on Wednesday, as […]
Striking workers disrupt access to Chile’s Escondida, Zaldivar copper mines The workers, who have been on strike since the beginning of the month, have launched intermittent blocks in the La Negra industrial sector. January 23, 2026 | 01:33 pm
