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Mining’s unlikely heroines – Greta Thunberg and AOC

Exponential expansion of global mining is the dirty little secret and glaring blind spot of Green New Deal evangelists and zero-carbon climate warriors

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

Asia Gold-Indian demand lights up on Dhanteras, Diwali

Meanwhile, global benchmark prices eyed their best week in five.

Reuters | October 25, 2019 | 2:32 pm

Deutsche Bank won’t fund Barrier Reef port expansion

The bank says it won't finance a project whose effects are still being debated.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 23, 2014 | 5:12 pm

Gold price jumps after India eases import curbs

New York price briefly back above $1,300 as Indian central bank relaxes import rules for traders and banks and rupee price tumbles to nine-month low.

Frik Els | May 22, 2014 | 7:51 pm

Japan not allowed restarting nuclear plant

This is the first time a lawsuit brought by anti-nuclear plaintiffs has been successful in Japan's forty-year history of nuclear power.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 22, 2014 | 2:44 pm

Iron ore port strike worries lift prices from two-year low

Iron ore prices came back from the dead Wednesday on worries over a shutdown of Australia's largest export port.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 21, 2014 | 3:23 pm

CHART: Unnerving slide in iron ore price continues

This year iron ore is down 27% hitting a fresh low of $97.50 on Tuesday, echoing 2011 and 2012 when the price dropped by a third in a matter of weeks.

Frik Els | May 20, 2014 | 9:55 pm

China, India gold investment demand plunges 55%

The movement of gold from west to east has slowed dramatically new report shows.

Frik Els | May 20, 2014 | 7:05 pm

Expected Indian iron ore exports just not happening

India was set to substantially grow exports this year, but now courts have shut down an additional 26 mines with combined output of 40 million tonnes.

Frik Els | May 19, 2014 | 6:46 pm