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Asia gold: India demand tapers off after festival spike

India celebrated Diwali and Dhanteras last week, some of the busiest gold-buying days in the country, when demand peaks because gold is considered auspicious.

Reuters | November 1, 2019 | 11:18 am

Mining’s unlikely heroines – Greta Thunberg and AOC

Exponential expansion of global mining is the dirty little secret…

Frik Els | October 30, 2019 | 12:54 pm

Mongolia coal giant ramps up work on $1 billion Hong Kong IPO

IPOs in Hong Kong have raised $20.4 billion this year.

Bloomberg News | October 30, 2019 | 11:42 am

Indonesia suspends nickel ore exports with immediate effect

The mineral meant for exports during the rest of the…

Bloomberg News | October 28, 2019 | 11:03 am

China’s MCC restarts Ramu nickel plant in Papua New Guinea

MCC was last week given permission by the Papua New…

Reuters | October 28, 2019 | 7:15 am

Thai villagers may have been poisoned by gold mine

A Thai gold mining company is under fire this week after lab results indicated as many as 6,000 people may have been poisoned by heavy metals.

Andrew Topf | November 30, 2014 | 8:36 pm

India scraps gold import restrictions

Surprise decision come in the wake of falling oil prices.

Frik Els | November 28, 2014 | 5:13 pm

Rio Tinto cuts spending, defers capex, keeps dividend

The mining giant said it was committed to giving significantly more money back to shareholders in 2015 despite a severe drop in iron ore prices.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 28, 2014 | 3:30 pm

Deep-sea miner Nautilus to get $113m of escrowed funds

The sum will be given on the completion of the sale of 15% of its Solwara 1 project to an entity nominated by Papua New Guinea.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 28, 2014 | 2:23 pm

Chile’s mining sector to double energy demand by 2025

These are not very good news for the energy-starved copper producing nation.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 27, 2014 | 6:45 pm

Analyst: Glasenberg could grab Rio by way of China

By promising top shareholder Chinalco, Rio's stakes in Oyu Tolgoi and Simandou.

Frik Els | November 26, 2014 | 9:13 pm

Heads roll as BC Iron forced to cut costs amid weakest price in years

Founding managing director Mike Young among the ones leaving the company.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 26, 2014 | 7:26 pm

Iron ore massacre: below $70 for first time in five years

This is almost two-thirds below a peak of $191.90 reached in February 2011, which was when huge new mines were being approved.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 25, 2014 | 2:58 pm

India’s Jindal Steel mothballs $10bn coal project

The company became the first major casualty of a Supreme Court decision to scrap most coal fields allocated to private firms since 1993.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 24, 2014 | 3:50 pm

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