China plans to increase investment in its power sector by 88% under its 2011–2015 plan, and a significant amount of that will be directed towards smart-grid technology, London-based Barclays analyst Gayle Berry writes in a recent research…
Just a few months after Rio Tinto (RIO-N) took a controlling 51% stake in Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T, IVN-N, IVN-Q), billionaire founder and chief executive Robert Friedland has resigned from the company, along with five other members of the senior…
Just two weeks after the Aluminum Corporation of China (Chalco) announced that it intended to make a proportional takeover bid for up to 60% of SouthGobi Resources’ (SGQ-T) issued and outstanding shares, and Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T, IVN-N,…
Just a few months after Rio Tinto (RTP-N, RIO-L) took a controlling 51% stake in Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T, IVN-N, IVN-Q), billionaire founder and chief executive Robert Friedland has resigned from the company along with five other members of the…
Just two weeks after the Aluminum Corporation of China announced that it intended to make a proportional takeover bid for up to 60% of SouthGobi Resources’ (SGQ-T) issued and outstanding shares, and Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T, IVN-N, IVN-Q)…
China plans to increase investment in its power sector by 88% under its current five year plan (2011-2015) and a significant amount of that will go towards smart grid technology, London-based Barclays analyst Gayle Berry writes in a research…
Earlier this month Reuters reported that Indonesia is mulling plans to slap export taxes of 25% on coal and base metals this year and as much as 50% in 2013. The measures are being contemplated as part of an effort to prevent miners from trying…
Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T, IVN-N, IVN-Q) says it will sell its stake in Mongolian coal producer SouthGobi Resources (SGQ-T) to Aluminum Corporation of China (Chalco) and use the proceeds to fund development of its large Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold mine…
The nickel sector was caught a bit off guard in February when an Indonesian press report claimed the country’s government intends to enact its proposed ban on nickel ore exports from January 2014 to as early as May 2012. The ban,…
Entrée Gold (ETG-T, EGI-X) has amassed an impressive collection of copper resources and reserves in Nevada and Mongolia, but getting any of it out of the ground is at least a few years away.
Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T, IVN-N, IVN-Q) says it will sell its stake in Mongolian coal producer SouthGobi Resources (SGQ-T) to Aluminum Corp. of China (Chalco) and use the proceeds to fund development of its massive Oyu Tolgoi mine, where it…
Indonesia’s new indigenization legislation aimed at foreign mining companies opens another chapter in a resource-nationalization saga amongst developing countries.
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