May 20, 2011 Analyst sees overseas profits for US coal firms Forbes reported that demand for Appalachian coal should drive up profits for US producers. The market news is quoted as saying: India and Europe will likely to import more of…
May 20, 2011 TATA steel’s restructuring to result in 1,500 jobs cut in UK TATA Steel's European unit Corus said on Friday it will cut around 1,500 jobs in northern England as part of a restructuring of its long products unit, which supplies clients…
May 20, 2011 Rare earth stocks not reflecting supply demand constraints The prices of rare earth oxides are blasting through the stratosphere. Manufacturers are driving prices in their haste to involve the materials in production of hybrid vehicles, wind turbines, and…
May 20, 2011 What’s turning gold majors, and others, to copper mining Pure gold deposits are increasingly difficult to find. "What really bothers me is that in the 1980s or 1990s, we saw three to five discoveries of 5 to 20 million…
May 19, 2011 Dalumi Sets Foot in Mumbai Israel-headquartered diamond firm Dalumi opened an office in Mumbai, saying it wants to be closer to the fastest growing diamond center in the world.
May 19, 2011 UK market rises on earnings news (RTTNews) - The UK market is trading higher in afternoon trading Thursday, amid some positive earnings news as well as consolidation in commodities prices.
May 19, 2011 Xstrata smelting decision a carbon price warning Xstrata Mount Isa Mines has announced plans to sustain the future of its Mount Isa operations through expanded mining and concentrate production, while phasing out copper smelting at Mount Isa…
May 16, 2011 ABB $10 million order to supply complete mine hoist to the Dannemora Mine in Sweden ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, recently won an order worth over $10 million from Dannemora Minerals to deliver a complete mine hoist to the newly reopened Dannemora…
May 16, 2011 Metso and Fortum’s joint development work on oxyfuel combustion technology makes headway In a joint R&D project, Metso and Fortum have developed oxyfuel combustion technology that aims to reduce the CO2 emissions of power plants. In 2010, Metso's 4-MW test plant in…
May 13, 2011 Infrastructure projects essential to Russian mining Often located in some of the world’s most sparsely populated areas, developing mining projects in resource-rich areas more often than not means working in some of the most isolated regions…
Silver price extends volatile run with surge above $86 Spot prices rose as much as 6.6% to over $86 an ounce, near its highest in a week. February 11, 2026 | 08:38 am