December 30, 2011

China iron-ore prices set for 20% decline in 2011

December 30, 2011

Copper rises as U.S. growth may make up for slowdown in China

December 30, 2011

Year end gold and silver price slump overdone?

December 30, 2011

Should you sell gold now or will it outperform again in 2012?

December 30, 2011

Chinese iron ore prices heading for 20 pct drop in 2011

Uncertain steel demand both home and abroad, as well as a government-mandated credit crunch, served to push iron ore prices lower.

December 30, 2011

Copper headed for first annual fall in three years

Prices are down 21% this year following a 30% increase in 2010 on concerns that demand growth for the metal may falter.

December 30, 2011

Hindustan Copper awards contract to 3 Chinese companies to develop copper mines in India

Three Chinese companies are part of consortiums that have bagged Rs 1,800-crore worth of five contracts awarded by state-owned Hindustan Copper to raise its production four-fold to 12 million tonnes…

December 30, 2011

Can coal ever come clean? Movement tripped up by lack of hard science and environmental opposition

What happened to the clean coal movement? Benjamin Gotlieb, blogging for the web news portal of the Los Angeles-based Annenberg School for Journalism and Communication, addresses the question of whether…

December 30, 2011

UK coal industry plans for cheaper, reliable and sustainable power

Britain’s coal producers have tabled a five-point plan that they say “will give the nation’s electricity users cheaper, reliable and sustainable power supplies whilst safeguarding jobs, stimulating investment and reducing…

December 30, 2011

Kalgoorlie Mining Company to sweeten profit margins with crushing circuit

It is reported that Kalgoorlie Mining Company has received approvals for a crushing circuit at the Bullant Gold Project enabling it to crush its own ore and cease crushing by…