August 14, 2011

A clash of values above and below ground

This time it's different. Miners have clashed with farmers and locals over the years, but never like this. The battle between coal-seam gas and coal versus the rest has grabbed…

August 14, 2011

Film mines rich seams of history

Hiroko Kumagai will never forget the day in 1998 when she first stepped inside the red-brick building at the entrance to the closed and shuttered Miyahara shaft in the Miike…

August 14, 2011

Belgian Diamond Industry Joins Fight Against Famine in the Horn of Africa

The Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC) is joining the battle against famine in the Horn of Africa and other humanitarian disasters by supporting the Belgian Consortium for Emergency Relief, 1212.

August 14, 2011

Subic locators not primary beneficiary of coal-fired power plant

Although the coal-fired power plant that is to be built here would rise in the Redondo Peninsula, almost all of the power it would generate would not go to businesses…

August 14, 2011

PT Antam H1 2011 ferronickel output up by 6pct YoY – CEO

Reuters reported that ferronickel output at Indonesia's state owned nickel miner Aneka Tambang rose by 6% YoY in the first half of 2011 as compared with the same period of…

August 14, 2011

Romney owns over $250,000 in gold

The FrumForum teased out an interesting factoid after Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney filed his financial disclosure report: he and his wife Ann own a significant amount of gold. Out…

August 14, 2011

The gold standard wasn’t as great as we imagine it: Romer

Christina Romer, former economic advisor to Obama, says that the gold standard was not as great as we imagine it, and it didn't provide economic sability. "As we know in…

August 14, 2011

Iron ore production up in Iran

Over 9.3 million tons of concentrated and granulated iron ore were mined in the country in the first four months of the current Iranian year (started March 21), showing an…

August 14, 2011

Gold’s steady rise in pictures

A look at gold's movement since the U.S. abandoned the gold standard in 1971.

August 14, 2011

CIL urges govt to relax investment rules for 2 overseas mines

The world's largest coal miner Coal India Ltd has zeroed in on two overseas coal assets, one in Australia and the other in Indonesia, for acquisition and expects to begin…