February 24, 2017 US Lithium to mine for copper, nickel, cobalt in Canada’s Saskatchewan The Gochagar Lake project, until now property of Diamond Hunter, consists of four claims covering 3,759 hectares located in northern Saskatchewan.
February 23, 2017 Mining exploration spending drops to 11-year low Miners and explorers are only spending a third of what they did four years ago – and proportion of greenfield exploration are at record lows.
February 23, 2017 Vale swings back into the black on soaring iron ore prices The world's No.1 iron-ore producer recorded a net profit of $3.98 billion in 2016, a significant recovery from a loss of $12.13 billion it reported a year earlier.
February 23, 2017 Glencore’s profit soars on commodities rebound A surge in commodity prices combined with its multibillion-dollar asset fire-sale has put the company in a position to pay big dividends and explore acquisitions.
February 21, 2017 Global steel production is surging in 2017 Up 7% year on year across all regions, supporting rally in iron ore and rebound in coking coal prices.
February 21, 2017 BHP Billiton back into the black, pays higher-than-expected dividend Net profit was $3.2bn for the six months to December 31, compared with a loss of $5.7bn in the same period a year earlier.
February 20, 2017 China leading the charge for lithium-ion megafactories As exciting as Tesla's Gigafactory 1 project is, it’s actually just one of multiple large-scale “megafactories” being built – with many of them being in China.
February 20, 2017 North Korea lights fire under coking coal price The totalitarian state is the number three supplier to China of the steelmaking raw material.
February 19, 2017 China won’t buy any more North Korean coal this year The economic noose is being tightened around North Korea's neck after the pariah regime ignored a United Nations resolution by testing a missile last week.
February 19, 2017 Gold gets a shot in the arm from inflation and China The question I have is: Why would an investor deliberately choose to lose money? But that’s precisely what’s happening now with inflation where it is.
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