April 11, 2011 Caterpillar to form venture to build transmissions Caterpillar Inc. said Friday it agreed to form a joint venture with a Chinese transmission manufacturer that will build drivetrain systems and […]
April 11, 2011 China tests home-grown coal refuge chamber at Changcun mine chinaminer460.jpg Lu’an Group, a large Shanxi-based coal producer, completed what was according to state newsletter, People’s Daily Online, China’s first manned test of an underground refuge chamber on April 10. A team…
April 7, 2011 The China REE import debate. April 7, 2011 (Robin Bromby, Editor www.RareMetalBlog.com) - China is going to be a net importer of REE from about 2015, right? Well, that seems the latest consensus.
April 6, 2011 Australian regulator halts Regent Pacific’s attempt to drop BC Iron bid Hong Kong-based Regent Pacific Group Ltd said it would consider reinstating debt funding for its original bid for Australian iron ore producer BC Iron Ltd. This move follows a decision…
April 4, 2011 China’s Minmetals makes surprise C$6.3 bn offer for copper miner Equinox Equinox’s hard-fought battle for Lundin may be aborted by a financially superior hostile bid for Equinox by China Minmetals’ subsidiary Minmetals Resources.
April 1, 2011 China bumps up rare earth export quota China has increased its 2011 rare earth export quota, says an article by International Business Times: China has set its total output of rare earth at 93,800 tonnes this year,…
March 30, 2011 FT/Alphaville says 700,000 mt of Chinese copper used for financing, not construction In a worrying report for copper bugs, FT/Alphaville looks more closely at a practice in China whereby copper is warehoused and used […]
March 30, 2011 China TV reports gold sales ‘going through the roof’ and shortages for fabricators A Chinese TV station last week reported ‘through the roof’ gold demand which was leading to a shortage of supplies for fabrication.
March 28, 2011 Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold-silver project now in peak year of construction Ivanhoe Mines announced its financial results for the year ended December 31, 2010. The approved 2011 capital budget for Oyu Tolgoi is estimated at $2.3 billion. Principal components of the…
March 25, 2011 Gold and silver’s daily review Silver is continuing to trade stronger than gold and is rising today too.
Copper price spreads ease in sign squeeze will prove short-lived Contracts maturing tomorrow closed at a $2 premium to those expiring a day later, after the one-day spread briefly spiked to a huge premium of $100 a ton. January 21, 2026 | 07:25 am
