November 25, 2013

Chinalco abandons independent Glencore Bambas bid, may team up with Minmetals

Las Bambas requires an estimated $5.9bn investment to be fully developed.

November 25, 2013

Bitcoin quadruples in a month, breaks through $800

$867 per bitcoin on Japan's Mt Gorex exchange.

November 24, 2013

INFOGRAPHIC: Meet the 10 men behind China’s river of gold

China is stealthily accumulating gold bullion at the most amazing rate

November 22, 2013

Just when you thought it couldn’t get any bigger

News surfaced this week that not only are record amounts of gold being imported into China via Hong Kong, but also via direct import to Shanghai, and much of it…

November 22, 2013

Stonewall Resources to sell its Stonewall Mining interest to Shandong Qixing

US$124.39 million.

November 21, 2013

Pipeline explosion in China kills 35, injures 166

"I have only seen this in disaster films," a rescue worker told the Xinhua news agency.

November 21, 2013

Gold mine explosion in Guinea, at least 25 dead

A gas explosion killed as many as 25 people in a gold mine in eastern Guinea.

November 20, 2013

Chinese company invests $700 million in Serbian coal

Serbia's power utility EPS has signed a $715 million deal with a China Machinery Engineering Corp to build a coal fired power plant.

November 20, 2013

Iron ore price lifted by strong Chinese steel growth

Beginnings of the hukou effect?

November 20, 2013

Coal is the new tobacco

Coal miners around the world are being targeted by a mounting number of investors and organizations, concerned with the greenhouse gases generated by the industry.