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Exotic travel and lots of money: commodity trader for a major miner lists business perks

A social media user who claims being a commodities trader at giant Glencore (LON:GLEN) opened up a forum on Reddit on Sunday in which he answered lots of questions about what it's like to work at the big firm.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 28, 2013 | 12:55 pm

China seeks to expand into Iranian mining sector

A senior Chinese official has flagged Beijing's strong interest in Iranian resources.

Marc Howe | January 28, 2013 | 12:35 am

Machine part discovered in 300 million-year old lump of coal

A metal implement which appears to be the toothed rail of a gear shift has been found in a lump of coal around 300 million years in age

Marc Howe | January 26, 2013 | 11:57 pm

Centerra Gold responds to rumours of Kumtor’s mine licence cancellation

Local media reported that Kyrgyzstan minister of economy, Temir Sariyev, implied that Centerra would have its permit revoked and a new company would continue to extract gold from Kumtor.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 25, 2013 | 7:17 pm

Problems at the world’s largest coking coal mine escalate

Mongolia is planning to cancel China coal-supply contract, and has delayed Tavan Tolgoi's IPO.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 25, 2013 | 10:34 am

Jamaica gives the green light to rare earth feasibility study

The mining of rare earth minerals in the Caribbean nation of Jamaica has come a step closer after its government gave the go-ahead to the feasibility study for a proposed extraction project

Marc Howe | January 25, 2013 | 3:55 am

Big 4’s massive new iron ore supply cutting juniors off at the knees

Projects by smaller players won't survive the double digit prices that are coming soon.

Frik Els | January 24, 2013 | 10:22 pm

BHP axes coal costs, fuels aluminum writedown speculation

In its half-year production update, BHP highlighted challenges faced by its aluminum and nickel businesses.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 23, 2013 | 2:46 pm

India strives to undermine its gold bugs

India's finance minister has called for the South Asian giant to curb its external purchases of bullion in order to balance the country's current account and improve resource allocation.

Marc Howe | January 23, 2013 | 12:28 am

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