November 25, 2012

Over 10,000 Chinese rush to Ghana searching for gold

As the price of gold has climbed in recent years, many Chinese have flocked to Ghana, the world's second bullion producer after South Africa, hoping to find their way out…

November 24, 2012

VIDEO: Energy storage will be a trillion dollar industry: American Vanadium

China plans to build storage for 5% of its energy by 2021

November 24, 2012

The red queen syndrome

All through human evolution we have been harnessing increasingly effective forms of energy. From human power to horse power, to wood, coal, natural gas and uranium what we’ve been doing…

November 23, 2012

Manufacturing recovery? Aluminum tells different story as Chinese bauxite imports fall 30%

The drop comes amid a serious overcapacity problem in the electrolytic aluminum industry.

November 23, 2012

China demands ‘fair and equitable’ iron ore prices

Chinese Consul General to Perth re-iterates call for a "return to rationality" in ore prices.

November 23, 2012

Five miners killed by toxic gas in Chinese copper mine

Deaths caused by worker retrieving clothes from sealed shaft

November 23, 2012

CITIC blocks efforts by Clive Palmer to terminate iron ore rights

Supreme Court of WA grants CITIC Pacific Injunction against flamboyant Aussie mining tycoon

November 22, 2012

China to start subsidizing rare earth miners as exports fall 18% in just one month

Nothing, not even a month-long halt in production, has stopped REE prices from falling.

November 22, 2012

Rio’s rocky relationship with China and the 4-foot jade horse that’s helping to fix it

Call in the feng shui masters.

November 22, 2012

Chinese rare earth domination shakes up regional trade ties

Japan turns to Kazakhstan for rare earth supplies