October 26, 2015 US aluminum producers say Chinese firm evading import duties The case, filed with the U.S. Commerce Department late last week, is considered the first formal move to curb China's aluminum exports.
October 26, 2015 Rick Rule: I am too wise to call a bottom in mining Rick has seen too many cycles to answer a question like that.
October 25, 2015 Second Chinese bank joins group setting gold price China Construction Bank Corp. will become the second Chinese bank to join the group of lenders setting the benchmark used to price billions of dollars' worth of daily gold trades,…
October 23, 2015 MMG’s gigantic Las Bambas mine in Peru to open next year despite protests The copper mine, one of the world's biggest, is on track to begin production in the first quarter of 2016, despite weak prices and relentless protests against the project.
October 21, 2015 Diamond Services sets up synthetic screening service in Shanghai following successful installation of mini Raman Spectrometer in Surat Diamond Services has announced that it will begin offering synthetic diamond screening services directly to the Chinese diamond trade through the facilities in Shanghai of NGGC, the state-owned gem laboratory…
October 21, 2015 Canada’s Ivanhoe to start copper production at new DRC mine in 2018 The Vancouver-based miner estimates that Kamoa, discovered in 2007, holds the equivalent of at least 45 million tonnes of pure copper.
October 20, 2015 Beijing rescues giant iron ore importer Chinese government intervenes to save Sinosteel from default indicating Beijing's free market reforms are stuttering.
October 20, 2015 The big rare earth story that no one is talking about Indian Rare Earths Limited is now producing rare earths from monazite sand: a low cost strategy that works in a low REE-price environment.
October 20, 2015 Construction of giant York Potash mine to begin next year The $3.15 billion project will tap into the world’s largest and highest grade deposit of polyhalite, used as a fertilizer, inside the North York Moors National Park.
October 19, 2015 Iron ore price faces big China bail out test Iron ore drops to 12-week low ahead of Beijing decision whether to bail out giant iron ore, steel trader and Rio Tinto JV partner on the brink of default.
Op-ed: America can’t defend itself with Chinese minerals US is building new critical-mineral processing facilities from Texas to Tennessee, but without new sources of raw material, those plants will sit idle. January 23, 2026 | 12:56 pm