January 19, 2013

Chinese coal equipment fraud burns almost 10% off Caterpillar’s 2012 earnings

China's Siwei mislead Cat over its profitability ahead of takeover.

January 19, 2013

Jiangxi Copper, Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold agree on 10% growth in processing charges for copper concentrates with foreign miners

Jiangxi Copper said that it has agreed with Freeport-McMoRan and another company on a 10% rise in treatment charges and refining charges of copper concentrates for 2013.

January 19, 2013

Chinalco’s Toromocho copper project in Peru to initiate production in 4Q 2013

The copper, silver and molybdenum mine is estimated to produce 865,600 tons of copper concentrates a year by 2015.

January 19, 2013

Raking over the Rio coals

A round up of commentary on the CEO switch.

January 18, 2013

STATS: China’s fixed investment in mining is putting the rest of the world to shame

Mining capex was up 12% to $211 billion last year.

January 18, 2013

Canadian miner that hired hundreds of Chinese to disclose failed applicants’ resumes

HD Mining, the company at the centre of a court battle over Chinese workers at a coal mine in British Columbia, Canada, will release résumés of Canadians who applied for,…

January 18, 2013

Shell opens its largest grease plant in China

Company set to supply growing demand in world's biggest auto market.

January 17, 2013

CHART: The resource boom ended in 2011 already

And why it's great for stocks.

January 17, 2013

Poor decisions force Rio Tinto’s CEO departure, leaves the group with $14bn charge

The giant miner will take about $14 billion of writedowns for failed deals in aluminum and coal led by Tom Albanese.

January 16, 2013

Iron ore correction turning into a crash

Plummets 5% in a day.