April 25, 2012 First hospital to treat black lung disease opens in China A disease all-too-familiar to early coal miners from Europe and North America has found its way to China- where technology for making coalming safer is still decades behind the West.
April 25, 2012 Rare earth juniors have a five-year window: John Kaiser In 1992 in the junior mining sector, nobody was paying attention to diamonds. Then Lac de Gras was discovered. Within four years, there were 200 diamond exploration companies. Twenty years…
April 24, 2012 Coal seen rebounding as China sets steel output record Coking coal prices are set to rebound as early as July from four straight quarterly declines as China and India seek raw material overseas to fire new steel production in…
April 23, 2012 China’s moves to stop REE price declines ‘likely to fail’ Rare earth metals consultants TRU Group said on Monday that recent attempts by Chinese suppliers to stem sharp declines in prices since the third quarter of 2011 is "likely to…
April 23, 2012 Coal mine accident kills 9 in north China Nine miners were killed and 16 others injured in a coal mine accident in north China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region as the rescue wrapped up late Monday, officials said.
April 23, 2012 China heading toward serious shortage of mineral resources by 2020 China is running short of 25 kinds of mineral resources including 11 that are crucial to the country's economy, a top official said Sunday.
April 21, 2012 Anti-coal protesters in China attack officials with sickles and clubs The Associated Press reports that villagers in China protesting against mining turned violent and in the ensuing melee one police officer died. […]
April 20, 2012 Minco Gold Commences Exploration Program on its Yejiaba Area Minco Gold Corporation (the "Company" or "Minco Gold") (TSX:MMM.TO - News)(AMEX: MGH - News)(Frankfurt: MI5.F -News) is pleased to announce the commencement of the planned exploration program for the Company's…
April 20, 2012 All aboard the Chinese iron express: BHP joins Rio Tinto and Vale in new trading platform Diversified miner BHP Billiton (NYSE:RIO) today became the third iron giant to join the new China Beijing Metals Exchange (CBMX), only a few days after competitors Vale (NYSE:VALE) and Rio…
April 19, 2012 Honda would like those rare earth metals back In another attempt to reduce its dependence on China's strangehold on rare earth element supply, Honda announced that its dealers will start to recycle old cars to extract the rare…
Indonesian coal association says quota cuts risk mine shutdowns Indonesia flagged plans to slash coal output to about 600 million tons a year in a bid to boost prices for the commodity. February 01, 2026 | 09:05 am
