May 11, 2012 Uranium prices to hit rock bottom this year With the price of uranium down about 25% from levels reached before the Japanese earthquake and nuclear disaster in Japan last year, the least the industry wanted to hear was…
May 10, 2012 Rio Tinto bullish despite Europe woes Rio Tinto, the world's third largest miner behind BHP Billiton and Vale, is bullish on the demand for commodities despite renewed volatility in Europe and the risk of financial contagion.
May 9, 2012 Chinalco Mining seeks $1 billion IPO for massive Peru copper mine With huge investments in Peruvian copper, Chinalco Mining, a division of the giant Aluminum Corp of China, follows another Chinese state-owned miner to the Hong Kong market to raise money.
May 9, 2012 Silver forecasters bullish as funds retreat from slump At a time when hedge funds are reducing bullish silver bets by the most in two years, analysts predict a rally as manufacturing expands from China to the U.S., boosting…
May 8, 2012 The end of the debt supercycle draws near: John Mauldin Are developed nations across the globe at the precipice of oblivion?
May 8, 2012 China gold imports up sharply, country set to become world’s biggest user of bullion Gold imports to China from Hong Kong were up 59% in March, according to the Hong Kong Census and Statistics Department.
May 8, 2012 New China iron ore exchange trades 242,000 tonnes on first day A total of 242,000 tonnes of iron ore were traded on the first day of business on China’s first physical iron ore trading platform, China Beijing Mining Exchange (CBMX) said…
May 7, 2012 Commodities up after early drubbing on Europe; nickel jumps Commodities rebounded on Monday after the huge selloff of the previous session, with nickel staging a big rally and bargain hunting lifting oil prices from their lows after investors shrugged…
May 7, 2012 China wants to take over the world’s largest undeveloped iron ore project A private group of Chinese magnates is planning to take away Guinea’s Simandou, the world's largest undeveloped iron ore project, from Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto.
May 7, 2012 New Chinese iron ore trading platform debuts tomorrow The new China Beijing Metals Exchange (CBMX), the country’s first physical iron ore trading platform is set to debut Tuesday, with the major producers of the commodity BHP Billiton (NYSE:RIO),…
South32 posts nearly 17% jump in quarterly manganese output The world's biggest manganese producer produced 1.3 million wet metric tons of the steel additive for the December quarter. January 21, 2026 | 02:06 pm
