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Australia PM tells miners they don’t own minerals

Australian Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, warned the mining industry that nationals not only want, but also deserve a share of the nation's resources boom and reminded its leaders they don't "own" the minerals of the country.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 30, 2012 | 4:11 pm

China mulling undersea mineral exploration

China could take a page out of Nautilus Minerals' playbook and begin exploring for undersea polymetallic sulphide deposits.

MINING.com Editor | May 30, 2012 | 6:01 am

BHP and Rio Tinto not enthusiastic about hiring foreign workers

BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto won’t be following Australia’s richest person and number four on the list of the world of mining's billionaires Gina Rinehart’s plan to import foreign workers under enterprise migration agreements (EMAs).

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 29, 2012 | 4:28 pm

Why a remote area in Canada is poised to become one of the world’s major iron ore producing regions

The Labrador trough. An infographic.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 29, 2012 | 2:54 pm

Chinese coal, iron ore defaults prompt mystery

Over the last two weeks, Chinese consumers of thermal coal and iron ore have been defaulting on their contracts, sending prices sharply down.

Globe and Mail | May 28, 2012 | 6:45 pm

An ‘abundance’ of targets for asteroid miners

"Space is big. Really Big. You just won't believe how vastly hugely, mind-bogglingly big," as the Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy once noted. About the only thing nearly as big, it seems safe to say, are today's hopes of making money exploring space.

USA Today | May 28, 2012 | 5:34 pm

Singapore-based iron ore platform to compete with China’s beginning on Wednesday

A second major physical iron ore trading platform, supported by major mining companies and Chinese steelmakers will launch this Wednesday, competing directly with China's new own platform in a race to create an industry price benchmark.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 28, 2012 | 2:04 pm

Australian mining community outraged by government’s decision to grant first ever right to hire foreign workers

Australia’s decision to grant first ever right to hire foreign workers at the Roy Hill project in the Pilbara on Friday has sparked heated critics by local unions and the mining community.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 28, 2012 | 1:16 pm

Big miners playing game of chicken as marginal producers sink below break-even

Smaller miners are waiting for production cutbacks by the market leaders to prop up prices the way Saudi-Arabia comes to the rescue of oil producing nations whenever the crude price begins to flag.

Frik Els | May 27, 2012 | 10:53 pm

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