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Sasol abandons plans for Indonesian coal to liquids project

South African oil from coal pioneer, Sasol, is dropping plan for a Coal to liquids (CTL) project in Indonesia to concentrate on Gas to liquids opportunities.

Mineweb | January 18, 2011 | 2:18 pm

Batu Hijau parent company NNT fights new local govt. mining tax

Two cash-strapped Indonesian provincial and regional governments are using different approaches to extract more revenue out of the Batu Hijau gold mine.

Mineweb | January 17, 2011 | 6:44 am

Gold traders in India stock up after drop in prices

Gold buying continues in India. Harvest festival and wedding season sees traders equip themselves for demand. Indian rupee remains steady. MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's gold buying continued on Monday afternoon after prices fell 1.8 percent in the previous

Mineweb | January 10, 2011 | 1:53 am

Japan’s trade minister wants to talk rare earths with China

Akihiro Ohata, the country's minister for trade said Wednesday he would like to visit China as soon as possible to discuss the secure supply of rare earths into Japan Japan's trade minister, Akihiro Ohata, said on Wednesday he would like to visit China

Mineweb | January 4, 2011 | 11:36 pm

New Indonesian Gold Mine Expected to Produce in 2011

Hong Kong-based G-Resources Group Ltd. (1051.HK) is on track to becoming a significant gold producer in Asia, with construction already started on the Martabe gold and silver […]

Andrew Topf | November 17, 2010 | 11:58 pm