January 26, 2012 Dr Caterpillar’s (excellent) prognosis for mining With revenues of $60 billion last year and operations at the ends of the earth, few companies are in a better position to take the pulse of the global economy…
January 26, 2012 Zinc risks a temporary glut Zinc may be the black sheep of base metals this year amid expectations that increases in mining capacity will pressure prices. However, the outlook could brighten should some of those…
January 25, 2012 Harper Builds Oil Links With China After Obama ‘Slap’ on Keystone Pipeline Prime Minister Stephen Harper is gaining support among Canadians for his plan to ship oilsands crude to China after President Barack Obama rejected TransCanada Corp. (TRP)’s $7 billion Keystone XL…
January 24, 2012 Toyota says could bring rare earth substitute for hybrid cars to market within two years Reuters reports that Toyota has developed a technology to substitute rare earths used in its hybrid vehicles. The company, which has a strong lead in environmentally friendlier car sales around…
January 24, 2012 A Coming Great Global Angst Our agriculture system is concentrated on producing a very few staple crops - there is a very serious lack of crop diversity.
January 20, 2012 Trading places: rare earth prices plummet while rare earth miners rocket in 2012 The share price performance of those non-Chinese rare earth miners closest to production – Molycorp in the US, Australia's Lynas and Great Western Minerals in South Africa – is in…
January 20, 2012 Gold for the week down in euros, up in dollars amid ‘significantly reduced physical market activity Wholesale market gold bullion prices in dollars dropped to US$1,646 an ounce Friday lunchtime in London – down 1.4% on yesterday's high – as China prepared for the week-long Lunar…
January 20, 2012 China’s copper output hits record 5.18 mln tons in 2011 China, the world's largest copper consumer, produced a record 5.18 million metric tons of copper last year, 14% more than in 2010, according to the latest statistics.
January 18, 2012 Due to European debt worries Oyu Tolgoi gets an additional US$1.8 billion shoring up Perceiving a cloudy future for world markets, Ivanhoe Mines (NYSE:IVN) announced that they had negotiated an additional US$1.8 billion bridge financing for Oyu Tolgoi.
January 18, 2012 China’s homegrown coal to lose favor China's domestically made coal may lose its competitive advantage to imported coal by 2015, prompting Chinese companies to step up purchases of foreign coal, according to a report by Wood…
Super Copper’s Cordillera project approved by Chile’s National Mining Authority The concessions cover approximately 6,858 hectares in the Atacama copper belt. December 24, 2025 | 11:24 am
