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China ‘war on coal’ to drive labour unrest — report

The country's renewable energy industry will benefit, as it is set to step in as a substitute for coal in the coming years.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 3, 2016 | 10:10 am

China gets tougher on illegal mining, exporting of rare earths

Beijing to set up tracing system to determine and certify the origin of the materials.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 2, 2016 | 4:24 am

THEnergy review of the Energy and Mines Summit in London

More than 200 delegates from the mining, renewable energy and finance sectors attended this event.

THEnergy - Dr. Thomas Hillig Energy Consulting | February 1, 2016 | 12:25 am

This is what’s making iron ore prices even worse

Iron ore prices, traditionally influenced primarily by demand and supply factors in the physical market, are showing signs of becoming “financialised” as paper trading increasingly plays a part in driving prices.

South China Morning Post | January 31, 2016 | 3:17 pm

World’s top 10 rookie gold mines

These high-grade mines will soon start competing with gold mining's industry leaders.

Vladimir Basov | January 29, 2016 | 5:02 pm

Chinese miners rescued after 36 days trapped underground

Rescuers drilled two big holes into the tunnel to save the trapped miners, who were brought to the ground in a capsule.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 29, 2016 | 5:55 am

World’s biggest iron ore port shut as cyclone to hit Australia

BHP Billiton began evacuating workers from its Port Hedland export facilities early Friday.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 29, 2016 | 2:55 am

Australia, Germany, Japan at high environmental risk due to reliance on coal — report

The global coal industry is being squeezed by competition from cheap gas, declining demand and clean-air regulations that have raised costs for burning the fossil fuel.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 28, 2016 | 12:05 am

Iron ore price: Seaborne trade is Opec on crack

New warnings about impact of super-concentrated supply of steelmaking raw material.

Frik Els | January 27, 2016 | 5:03 pm

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Chile output falls for 10th consecutive month, adding fuel to copper price rally

Copper price surge toward a record high is hitting Chinese industry

China’s Q1 gold consumption jumps 93.9% y/y on robust demand

Graphite price expected to remain high — report

World’s electric vehicle fleet to reach 145 million by 2030 — report

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