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Iron ore sinks to month low as Chinese steelmakers’ profits collapse 82%

Compared to the steelmakers, miners enjoyed a soft landing with profits down only 5.5%.

Frik Els | November 27, 2012 | 8:19 pm

Burma keeps copper project running as government ‘afraid of China’

Senior minister says copper mine closure could trigger Chinese interference in Burma's domestic affairs

Marc Howe | November 27, 2012 | 3:38 am

Fortescue could restart expansion plans on confidence in China’s economy

Forrest expects China's growth to be in the high single digits.

Marc Howe | November 27, 2012 | 1:33 am

Australia must tackle lack of competitiveness — Rio Tinto

The giant miner says Australia might miss the “Asian century” boat unless its tackles serious shortcomings, such as competitiveness, productivity, infrastructure investments and foreign capital attraction.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 26, 2012 | 2:27 pm

Over 10,000 Chinese rush to Ghana searching for gold

As the price of gold has climbed in recent years, many Chinese have flocked to Ghana, the world's second bullion producer after South Africa, hoping to find their way out of poverty.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 25, 2012 | 4:39 pm

VIDEO: Energy storage will be a trillion dollar industry: American Vanadium

China plans to build storage for 5% of its energy by 2021

Michael Allan McCrae | November 24, 2012 | 4:52 pm

The red queen syndrome

All through human evolution we have been harnessing increasingly effective forms of energy. From human power to horse power, to wood, coal, natural gas and uranium what we’ve been doing is searching for the highest energy density to make energy production more efficient.

Richard Mills - Ahead of the Herd | November 24, 2012 | 1:34 pm