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China’s Shandong province cuts steel and coal capacity in environment plan

Shandong's Environmental Protection Bureau said it would cut pig iron production capacity by 600,000 tonnes and crude steel by 3.55 million tonnes by the end of this year.

Reuters | August 5, 2018 | 9:42 am

Caterpillar says tariffs will wipe out up to $200M

Demand for mining as well as oil and gas equipment is so strong that the company said it was taking orders for delivery well into 2019.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 30, 2018 | 3:22 am

Canada scaring mining investors with long, unclear permit processes

Study released Tuesday by the Fraser Institute, British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec are the three main provinces where exploration permit processes have grown longer and less transparent over the past 10 years.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 24, 2018 | 1:58 am

Nutrien sells stake in Arab Potash to China’s SDIC

The $502-million transaction makes the Chinese company Arab Potash's majority shareholder.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 23, 2018 | 6:15 am

Miners wrote off almost one-third of investments over last decade

From the $939bn invested in major projects between 2008 and 2017, the world’s top 40 mining companies by market cap. wrote-off $273bn or 29% of the initial capital outlay.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 19, 2018 | 3:43 am

Orion Resource Partners raising $500m in royalty, streaming fund

Miners are turning to alternative sources of finance as the industry has struggled to woo back traditional financiers.

Reuters | June 26, 2018 | 10:26 am

Sirius Minerals soars after securing supply deal for Nigerian market

Shares in Sirius Minerals (LON:SXX) were off to the races on Wednesday after it announced it had secured a major seven-year African supply deal.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 20, 2018 | 8:19 am

Indian regulator approves Nutrien’s sale of stake in SQM to Tianqi

The Competition Commission of India green-lighted the $4.1 billion deal reached in May between the Canadian potash giant and China’s Tianqi Lithium.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 19, 2018 | 5:04 am

Chile antitrust watchdog probing Tianqi buy of lithium miner stake

The country's antitrust regulator is investigating the effects on the market of Chinese miner Tianqi Lithium acquisition of a 24% stake in SQM, the world's second largest lithium producer,

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 18, 2018 | 12:43 pm

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