February 1, 2012 China enhances position as world No. 1 gold producer – but where’s it all going? China's gold output rose again in 2011 confirming its position as global No. 1 producer, but is it surreptitiously taking all its domestic production into its reserves?
February 1, 2012 Rare earth metals—not your father’s mining biz: Byron King The non-Chinese rare earth metals sector is not dying, insists Byron King, editor of Outstanding Investments and Energy & Scarcity Investor. However, a rare earth miner's path to success significantly…
January 31, 2012 Iron ore hits a wall After staging an impressive comeback from October's lows, the rally in iron ore prices seems to have run out of steam.
January 31, 2012 Silvercorp Announces Positive Pre-Feasibility Study for the GC Silver-Lead-Zinc Project in Guangdong Province, China Silvercorp Metals Inc. ("Silvercorp" or the "Company") (TSX:SVM)(NYSE:SVM) is pleased to announce it has received a positive Pre-Feasibility Study ("PFS") for its 95%-owned GC Project in Guangdong Province, China.
January 31, 2012 China Gold Rush – Not on Discovery Channel The 2012 week-long celebrations of the Year of the Dragon in China were nothing but a major 'gold rush' with gold sales volumes exceeding 95 million U.S. dollars, which is…
January 30, 2012 WTO slapdown: China told to lift restrictions on mineral exports In a ruling that will have ramifications for rare earth supplies, the World Trade Organization ruled today that China is improperly restricting the export of minerals.
January 30, 2012 Flood traps dozens in China mine A flood left dozens of workers trapped in a coal mine in northern China's Inner Mongolia region, the mine's owner said. The number of people trapped in the mine, which…
January 30, 2012 Warning on ore cargoes and liquefaction The Association refers to its previous warnings on the dangers of bulk cargo liquefaction problems, mainly arising from the carriage or mineral ore cargoes. The recent loss of two vessels,…
January 30, 2012 Canada’s Sunshine Oilsands heads for HK IPO Sunshine Oilsands, a Canadian tar sands company backed by Chinese state-owned enterprises, has shunned Toronto and will next month launch an initial public offering in Hong Kong that could raise…
January 29, 2012 Snubbed by China, Vale diverts $100 million worth of iron ore cargoes to Philippines Vale SA is diverting iron ore shipments to the Philippines as a way of shipping its product to China, as the Asian economic powerhouse continues to resist super-sized vessels destined…
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