Australians develop new recovery method for platinum and palladium Technique could also be applied to purify rare earth elements. Kerry Hall | March 23, 2013 | 11:22 pm
160-year study of real commodity prices sees beginning of the end of the supercycle For those with a very long time horizon, the news is good though. Frik Els | March 15, 2013 | 11:59 pm
Britain plunges into deep sea mining with American company New industry could bring in as much as $60 billion for the country. Kerry Hall | March 15, 2013 | 6:27 am
Molycorp racked with writedown, job cuts Molycorp also warned the first half of 2013 would see weaker performance. Kerry Hall | March 15, 2013 | 1:21 am
Japanese miner building rare earth recovery plant in the Phillipines The scandium recovery facility will be built later this year with operations slated to begin in 2014. Kerry Hall | March 14, 2013 | 4:59 am
Asteroid mining to dominate the industry: experts Geologists believe that asteroids hold iron ore, nickel and precious metals at much higher concentrations than those found on Earth. Cecilia Jamasmie | March 11, 2013 | 6:16 pm
Honda’s starts recycling program to extract 80% of rare earths from used hybrid batteries 386 hybrid vehicles damaged in the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami prompted the Japanese carmaker to design a new extraction process. Frik Els | March 10, 2013 | 8:07 pm
The UK goes after a piece of the Afghan $1 trillion mining pie The government has set up a three-year, $15 million plan to back mining and oil and gas projects in Afghanistan. Cecilia Jamasmie | March 7, 2013 | 3:22 pm
Friedland on headless miners, dodos and ethical platinum Legendary mining financier more than lives up to his reputation as a salesman and astute commentator on the industry. Frik Els | March 6, 2013 | 11:26 pm
