Lithium demand from battery makers to almost double by 2027

Suspected New People’s Army (NPA) rebels operating in northeastern Mindanao have released three personnel of a mining firm abducted from a site in Agusan del Sur. Earlier reports said the NPAs sought P25 million for the release of Christopher Ocite, operations manager of VPO Mining; Gani Altaya, assistant operations manager; and Joel Jayuma, the company’s security chief.

The National Post reports that June home sales hit a 10-year low.

The company announced today that it plans to exit Papua New Guinea following receipt of a formal notice that the licence renewal for its non-core Kili Teke property was denied.

A parliamentary inquiry released an unfliching report on the Fukushima nuclear disaster, calling the disaster manmade, wholly forseeable and even laying blame at the feet of Japanese culture itself.

Aluminum Corporation of China Limited and Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. agreed that the Chinese aluminum firm will get 30 days to buy Ivanhoe's stake in SouthGobi Resources.

The export surcharge was raised on two occasions last year to 30% to keep ore inside the country for local steelmakers amid a mining ban in the state of Karnataka instated in July.  That ban is now being lifted.

The two-year old ban, which has effectively halved export from Karnataka, is under review at a meeting in Bangalore.

Ken Booth has been involved in the mining industry for 30 years and sees the past two decades of quiet, stable growth that Cambodia has enjoyed out of the world's economic spotlight as an opportunity for investors.

Chinese operas have been keeping audiences enthralled for hundreds of years with mythical characters, enchanting stories and elaborate masks that add drama and mystery. While this fantastical treatment is appreciated in the theatre, it isn’t in g...