Gold rises on China purchases
Word that the Chinese have been stealthily stockpiling gold over the last five years sent the price of the yellow m…
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Uranium One celebrates start of pilot mining phase in Kazakhstan
Japanese, Canadian and Kazakh officials collected in a remote corner of Kazakhstan to mark the beginning of the pil…
Kyrgyz government set to go from cruel to kind for Centerra
Some good news could be about to shine on Centerra Gold (CG-T) from the Kyrgyz Republic.
SouthGobi Errs In Mongolian Coal Estimate
VANCOUVER– Mathematical errors have led to a major overstatement of a resource estimate at South- Gobi Energy Resources’ (SGQ-V, SGQRF-O) Ovoot Tolgoi coal mine in southern Mongolia.
Khan’s Dornod Returns Positive Feasibility
A definitive feasibility study on Khan Resources’ (KRI-T, KHRIF-O) Dornod uranium project in Mongolia estimates an after-tax internal rate of return (IRR) of 29.1%.
Proposed ETFs Juice PGM Market
Dovetailing with the recent rebound in base metals, platinum and palladium prices posted six-month highs during the holiday-shortened, fourteenth trading week of the year. Since New Year’s Eve, platin…
Miners Cast Wary Eye On Indonesia
Despite being home to some of the world’s more robust gold deposits, mining in Indonesia is in a state of upheaval.
Japan, China, Korea in energy shopping spree
Taking advantage of fire-sale prices, energy-poor, cash-rich industrial powerhouses Japan, China and Korea have emb…
Mongolia suspends Western Prospector’s Gurvanbulag licence
Navigating Mongolia’s political minefield often requires pulling out the heavy artillery.Which is probably one of…
Rio Tinto-Chinalco Mega-Deal Clears Its First Hurdle
Australia’s competition regulators aren’t objecting to a US$19.5 billion investment in Rio Tinto (RTP-N, RIO-L) from state-owned Aluminum Corp. of China (ACH-N), or Chinalco.
Chinese Company To Buy Western Prospector
A Hong Kong-listed company with links to China National Nuclear Corp. — China’s former Ministry of Nuclear Industry, which built the country’s first atom bomb — wants to buy Western Prospector Group…
Timminco merges magnesium assets with China’s Winca
If you can’t beat them — join them. That was the rationale behind Timminco’s (TIM-T) decision to merge its remaini…