New research released Monday indicates that listed mining and resources companies across the world are keen to comply with the UN’s Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, which were officially adopted one year ago, but must ...
Tags: Coal, Copper, Diamond, Gold, Iron Ore, Nickel, Oil Sands, Potash, Rare Earth
The mining and minerals industry has made major advances towards sustainability, but the sector faces new challenges as governments reassert control over their natural resources, but lack capacity to ensure mining can contribute to ...
Tags: Africa, Asia, Australia, China, Coal, Consultants News, Copper, Diamond
The following have all combined to limit control of foreign minerals by US companies: In 2011, Resource nationalism became the number one risk for mining companies Nationalization Expropriation Increased taxation Constraints on the degree ...
Tags: Cobalt, Rare Earth, USA, Metallurgy
Recent discoveries of rare earth minerals at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean could break China's existing monopoly on supply of the vital raw materials. Katie Hamann reporting for Australia Network News writes that the new discoveries off ...
Tags: China, Japan, Rare Earth, Metallurgy
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
Bob Wolf, Alliance LLC vice president, doesn't believe everything he reads. Manufacturers claim they can swap out rare earth elements for cheaper, more accessible materials, while some miners insist they can fill every gap in the rare earth ...
Tags: Finance, Rare Earth, Metallurgy
In a move to curb the rampant domestic illegal mining of rare earth, as well as regulate its rare earths players, China is launching an industry association for the precious metal commodity on April 8. According to The China Post, the ...
Tags: Asia, China, Rare Earth, Rare Earth Elements, Rare Earths
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
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. ...
Tags: Mining Jobs, Mining Companies, Coal Mining News, Mining Industry
Molycorp’s mould-breaking deal with Neo Material Technologies has sent its shares rocketing and the counter is now up 38% so far this year. On Thursday the stock was trading at $33.19, down slightly on the day. Molycorp is still ...
Tags: Molycorp, mining, processing, Mountain Pass, rare earth production
Equity investing is squarely in a risk-off phase and few sectors have been hit harder than junior mining. Rare earth elements equities are no exception, but most of the materials themselves have not dropped nearly as much. The Critical ...
Tags: REE stocks, REE, junior mining, Rare earth elements, Rare earth
In a move to curb the rampant domestic illegal mining of rare earth, as well as to regulate its rare earths players, China launched on Sunday its industry association for the precious metal commodity, as MINING.com anticipated last week. ...
Reuters reported that South Africa wants to impose export curbs on minerals such as platinum and iron ore as part of a drive by the ruling African National Congress to create more jobs in industry in the continent's biggest economy. The ...
Tags: South Africa, minerals, platinum, iron ore
AUSTRALIAN shares ended a holiday-shortened trading session modestly higher today,with gains in the mining and financial sectors pushing the market to an 18-month high. The rise sets the market up to end the year almost 14 per cent ...
Tags: shares, market, stocks, financial sectors
Reuters reported that the ANC Youth League will propose resolutions on the nationalization of certain minerals and strategic mining companies at the party's 53rd national conference in Mangaung. A statement ahead of the conference said ...
Tags: minerals, mining companies, iron ore, magnesium, platinum group minerals