September 18, 2011 India is now the elephant in the room New economic numbers from India, the latest forecasts for the country's voracious appetite for gold, iron ore and in particular coal and its plans for a sovereign wealth fund to…
September 18, 2011 Keystone oil sands pipeline ‘absolutely’ will happen TransCanada CEO Russ Girling, told the EnergyNow program airing on Sunday that the proposed $7 billion, 3,190km Keystone XL pipeline connecting Alberta’s oil sands to refineries on the US Gulf…
September 18, 2011 Chinese copper demand to surge by 40% by 2015 Reuters quoted an official from the China NonFerrous Metals Industry Association as saying that China's apparent consumption of refined copper will rise by nearly 40% to 8.5 million tonnes per…
September 18, 2011 Industry must live with tax: Rio Tinto The Daily Mercury reports Rio Tinto executive director Sam Walsh says the mining industry has to live with the new resources tax as the best deal that could be done…
September 18, 2011 CBG restarts Guinea bauxite exports: source Guinea's CBG restarted bauxite exports early on Sunday after a one-week halt that was caused by damage to a conveyor belt used to load ships, a source at the company…
September 18, 2011 Colombia sees mining reforms finished by year-end Reuters cited Mr Carlos Rodado Columbia Energy Minister as saying that Colombia mining reforms including restructuring the fast-growing sector and changes to the law should be completed by the end…
September 18, 2011 China coal exports in August rises 37% According to the latest data released by the General Administration of Customs China coal exports increased to 1.25 million tonnes in August up by 37.37% or 340,000 tonnes from 910,000…
September 18, 2011 Indian iron ore mining mess – more skeletons out of closet It has now emerged that Mr Gali Janardhana Reddy, the jailed former Karnataka minister made crores out of a fictitious steel plant aided by the former Andhra Pradesh chief.
September 18, 2011 India steel demand to grow by 70% to 113 Mt India's steel demand is likely to jump by over 70 per cent to 113 million tonnes (MT) by the end of the next Five-Year Plan, with the infrastructure sector projected…
September 18, 2011 China sets national standards for ‘high pure gold’ Authorities have released the first national standards on "high pure gold," a move that is likely to boost the country's gold consumption. "High pure gold," as it is called in…
Iron ore price nears best close since November on year-end metal rally The steelmaking ingredient advanced for a third straight session in Singapore, climbing nearly 1.8% to as much as $106.55 a ton in intraday trading. December 29, 2025 | 07:51 am
