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.
January 25, 2013 Problems at the world’s largest coking coal mine escalate Mongolia is planning to cancel China coal-supply contract, and has delayed Tavan Tolgoi's IPO.
January 25, 2013 Copper rally to reach third week on upbeat data from China China PMI index hits highest level in two years
January 24, 2013 Big 4’s massive new iron ore supply cutting juniors off at the knees Projects by smaller players won't survive the double digit prices that are coming soon.
Iron ore price nears best close since November on year-end metal rally The steelmaking ingredient advanced for a third straight session in Singapore, climbing nearly 1.8% to as much as $106.55 a ton in intraday trading. December 29, 2025 | 07:51 am
