The mining sector's bellwether companies were all beaten down on Monday after China's premier Wen Jiabao delivered a downbeat outlook for the world's second largest economy adding that there were "new problems" to deal with. China will ...
Tags: China, Coal, Copper, Finance, Iron Ore, Lead, Nickel, Potash, Rare Earth, Zinc
The Canadian government followed through on last month's budget promise to streamline environmental reviews of resource projects with a plan for "responsible resource development." Announced Tuesday by Natural Resources Minister Joe ...
Tags: Canada, Coal, Copper, Diamond, Gold, Iron Ore, Nickel, Oil Sands, Oilsands
A new report by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) says the financial performance of global mining companies and their stock prices headed in opposite directions last year. The Toronto-based consulting firm says the top 40 global mining firms ...
Tags: Africa, Asia, Australia, Canada, Coal, Copper, Diamond, Finance, Gold, Iron Ore
Colorado Republican congressman Mike Coffman managed to tie together a popular video game, US President Barack Obama and rare earth mining in an op-ed published in The Washington Times last week. Even by the not very high standards of ...
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Inner Mongolia, a semi-autonomous region in the north of China, has shut down nearly 900 coal mines and 2,000 other mines as part of a 7-year effort to better manage resources, protect the environment and curb illegal resource extraction. ...
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Labor problems and low prices have platinum mines closing up shop in South Africa, and the potential for acquisitions is ripening. Senior Mining Analyst and Managing Director at Stifel Nicolaus in Toronto, George Topping believes that ...
Tags: Finance, Rare Earth, Metallurgy
The rise of mining costs will have a more dramatic impact on 2013 industry results than in the last couple of years, global ranking agency Fitch Ratings revealed Thursday. According to the firm’s experts, a gloomy macroeconomic ...
Tags: Africa, Coal, Finance, Gold, Iron Ore, Platinum, Potash, Rare Earth, Silver
Imagine for a moment that you have a credit card with a limit of a few trillion dollars but with one caveat: you need to use those funds exclusively to provide for your family. It sounds easy, until you realize your “family” is ...
Tags: China, Canada, Metallurgy, Mineral Energy
Reuters reported that access to infrastructure will remain a significant challenge for the mining sector next year even though the government has committed resources to capital investment program aimed at the transformation of the economy. ...
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It is reported that coal and iron ore shipments are leading an 8% and a half percent increase in tonnage through the St Lawrence Seaway’s Montreal to Lake Ontario section this year over last. According to figures from the St. ...
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Business Recorder reported that a four member delegation of Pakistan Steel Mills is proceeding to Tehran via Dubai on December 22nd to explore avenues of barter trade, ie, iron ore in lieu of wheat as federal government has given its ...
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A new online report from McKinsey & Company claims that commodities prices are destined to rise higher and become more volatile as demand from emerging markets comes more prominently into play. According to the report the economic growth ...
Coal's share of the energy mix will continue to rise, with global consumption projected to reach 4.32 billion tons of oil equivalent (toe) by 2017 despite the fossil fuel's slowing growth rate, according to the International Energy Agency ...
Tags: International Energy Agency, global coal demand, gas and coal prices
En.for-ua.com reported that steelmaking production in Ukraine in 2013 will grow by 3% compared to the expected performance of this year up to 33.7 million tonnes. Director of the Ukrpromvneshekspertiza Centre Mr Volodymyr Vlasyuk told a ...
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TATA Power, India's largest integrated power player has proposed modernization of its 500 MW Unit 6 at Trombay Thermal Power Station. Currently, Unit 6 at Trombay can operate only on oil and gas. The modernization plan includes addition ...
Tags: TATA Power, oil and gas, coal firing equipment, continued power supply