September 12, 2011

South African first in intrinsic safety for Booyco Electronics

booyco.jpg Booyco Electronics has introduced the first locally designed and manufactured IS certified USB to RS485 media converter - suitable and readily available for general use on the South African…

September 12, 2011

Glencore publishes first sustainability report and supports extractive industries transparency initiative

kazzinc.jpg Last week Glencore International published its first sustainability report, disclosing how it performed in 2010 and prior years in contributing to sustainable development. The report details Glencore’s performance in relation…

September 11, 2011

Morgan Stanley releases the definitive gold stocks report

Everything you always wanted to know about the future of gold stocks and much more is now answered in this 79 page monster of a report just released by Morgan…

September 11, 2011

Stable coal supply remains top priority in China

According to recent statistics from China National Coal Association, in the first half of this year, national coal output reached 1.77 billion tons, an increase of 12.7 percent compared with…

September 11, 2011

Indonesia govt says no low-rank coal export ban soon

Indonesian government officials on Friday denied market talk that the country will soon impose an export ban on all low calorie coal exports from 2014.

September 11, 2011

China’s August iron ore imports gain 8 pct from July on demand

China, the world’s biggest buyer of iron ore, boosted purchases 8.3 percent in August to the highest in five months as demand and prices rose. Imports totaled 59.09 million metric…

September 11, 2011

Fighting breaking out in the bulk freight market as ore shipping gets dirty

When there is big money to be made, the opium trade, the Gold Rush, Kuwaiti oil, there inevitably follows a degree of dirty tricks or even war and the development…

September 11, 2011

Afghanistans Hajigak iron ore deposit draws bids from India, Iran, Canada

Bloomberg09/07/2011By - Afghanistans richest iron-ore deposit drew bids from an Indian government-backed group, two Iranian contenders and Canadas Kilo Goldmines Ltd. (KGL), an Afghan official said. Hajigak Iron Ore in…

September 11, 2011

WFDB President calls on diamond trade to be positive ahead of Hong Kong show and holiday sales season

"As the pace of polished sales is now set in the major Asian markets, in particular in China and India, we have good reason to be optimistic about significant growth…

September 11, 2011

Debut diamonds commences airborne geophysical survey over Ontario claim

Canadian development company Debut Diamonds Inc reports that Tundra Airborne Surveys Ltd. has mobilized to commence a high-sensitivity/high-resolution airborne magnetic survey over its 229 square kilometer claim block immediately to…