Mongolia sends positive signal to miners
Mongolia’s parliament has voted to set a February 2009 deadline for completing a long-awaited draft investmen…
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Jinshan adds more higher grade gold in Gansu
Jinshan Gold Mines (JIN-T) has defined a higher-grade core zone within its Dadiangou gold deposit in China’s …
KAL Energy boosts its coal resource in Indonesia
Thermal coal explorer and developer KAL Energy (KALG-O) has expanded its resource at one of two concessions it hold…
Rare Earths Shortage Looming?
The key metals needed for hybrid cars, flat-screen TVs and energy-efficient lighting could be in short supply in a few years’ time if rare earth element mines aren’t developed outside of China, some i…
Boyongan returns positive economics in Philex Gold’s prefeasibility study
Vancouver – It is the Philippine project’s second prefeasibility study this year.
China’s GDP growth slows to a simmer
As chief economist for non-Japan Asia at Credit Suisse First Boston in Hong Kong and a former senior regional economist and head of China research at Schroders Securities Asia, Dong Tao is probably on…
Citigroup turns bearish across the board (November 17, 2008)
Vancouver– In a new commodity outlook Citigroup Global Markets predicts all base metal markets moving to surplus in 2009, meaning trough cycle prices will dominate through 2009.
Anatolia’s capital costs at Copler down 10%
Vancouver – Lower commodity prices are driving down phase I costs of Anatolia Minerals’ (ANO-T) Copler gold p…
China’s period of five consecutive years of 10%-plus GDP growth is over
As chief economist for non-Japan Asia at Credit Suisse First Boston in Hong Kong and a former senior regional econo…
Uranium price will rebound: analysts (Part 5)
In view of recent declines in commodity markets in general, and the uranium market in particular, securities analys…
Lydian keeps proving up Amulsar in Armenia
Lydian International (LYD-T) continues to prove up the potential of an often over-looked nation when it comes to mi…
Severstal and Chalco cutting output (November 03, 2008)
Severstal, Russia’s largest steel maker, is slashing output in Russia, the U. S. and Europe by 25-30% amidst slowing demand, according to a report by Bloomberg news.