Demand for rare earth metals is likely to continue growing at double digit annual rates for the foreseeable future but, the supply side does not look quite as rosy. According to Molycorp CEO, Mark Smith, while a lot of production has been forecast from a number of small producers, very little of it is likely to come on stream in five years.

With a new loan close to being secured, Trevali may soon join the ranks of bona fide miners, producing at two poly-metallic […]

China's Minmetals Resources Ltd will raise $499 million from a share placement, IFR reported on Tuesday. The new shares were sold at HK$5.10 ($0.66) each, below the indicative price range of HK$5.20-$5.60, translating to a discount of approximately 13.4 percent to the last traded price, IFR, a Thomson Reuters publication, citing sources said.

Premiums paid for zinc and aluminum in the U.S. probably will rise in the next few weeks because of the metals' limited availability in the physical market, said Macquarie Bank Ltd. Zinc premiums, added to the price of immediate-delivery metal on the London Metal Exchange, more than doubled in the past year to 6 to 7 cents a pound even as inventories swelled, Macquarie analysts including London-based Duncan Hobbs said in a report today

In a scoping study, Lithium Americas outlined a plan to mine up to 40,000 tonnes per year of lithium carbonate in Argentina […]

Canadian gold miner Anaconda Mining Inc posted a fifth-straight quarterly loss, but expenses were lower from a year-ago levels and production rose sequentially. Net loss for the third quarter was $1.9 million, or 1.5 cents a share, compared with a loss of $2.2 million, or 2.5 cents per share, a year ago.

The commodity bull has shown little sign of running out of steam - until now. Prices began to stumble as soon as a note from Goldman Sachs, the American banking giant, whizzed around trading desks across the globe last week. The broker advised clients to close its profitable "CCCP" play, which involved investing in a basket of crude oil, copper, cotton, platinum and soybeans. The commodities team, led by Jeffrey Currie, argued that after gaining 25pc since December, the risks to the trade had changed.

The Indonesian government said on Sunday that state investment agency Pusat Investasi Pemerintah (PIP) would buy a 7 percent stake in Newmont Mining Corp's Indonesian unit, paving the way for an initial public offering for the unit in coming months.

Tier 1 gold miner Gold Fields has bought nearly all the shares in a Peruvian subsidiary for $382 million to increase its […]

Acquisition firepower is one of the main reasons behind Glencore’s planned $12bn listing and, while many see Xstrata as its number one […]

Metallurgical coal mining company Grande Cache Coal Corp cut its 2012 coal sales forecast as it expects production to be affected by the challenging mining conditions. The company now sees coal sales volumes of 2.2-2.4 million tonnes, down from the previous forecast of 2.4-2.6 million tonnes.

The extent of a newly discovered high-grade gold zone at Balmoral Resources’ Martiniere project in Quebec – not far from Detour Gold’s […]