January 29, 2013 CHART: China is burning coal at an insane rate Use heading for 4 billion tonnes a year, imports could jump to 500m tonnes in 3 years.
January 29, 2013 Era Mining former boss ‘shocked’ by Caterpillar allegations Emory Williams, who was one of the largest individual shareholders of ERA, said he was “shocked, dismayed and surprised” by Caterpillar's claim allegations that accounting misconduct took place before the…
January 28, 2013 Private firms contributed 40% of China’s 45m tonnes of new steel capacity China is not just a command economy.
January 28, 2013 Caterpillar quarterly earnings dip 55% on weak demand and accounting fraud scandal Caterpillar Inc. suffers 55% Q4 profit loss
January 28, 2013 China is cleaning up its coal industry at an astonishing pace Consolidation and technological upgrades see number of mines cut by 1,500.
January 28, 2013 Exotic travel and lots of money: commodity trader for a major miner lists business perks A social media user who claims being a commodities trader at giant Glencore (LON:GLEN) opened up a forum on Reddit on Sunday in which he answered lots of questions about…
January 28, 2013 China seeks to expand into Iranian mining sector A senior Chinese official has flagged Beijing's strong interest in Iranian resources.
January 26, 2013 Zimbabwe launches diamond fraud investigation in lead up to election Zimbabwe's incumbent ZANU-PF party has ordered police to launch an investigation of claims that five provincial leaders defrauded over a million dollars from various diamond mining companies
January 25, 2013 Deloitte, Ernst & Young apparently botched Caterpillar’s China due diligence Financial Times is reporting that Deloitte was in charge of auditing the working capital for ERA, while Ernst & Young conducted overall evaluation of the transaction.
China to rein in copper, alumina capacity expansion under next five-year plan The country's economic planner will tighten oversight of copper and alumina projects from 2026 to 2030 to curb irrational investment. December 26, 2025 | 04:10 am
