China Shops Abroad for Copper
China’s State Reserves Bureau (SRB) has been dipping into the market to....
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China copper confidence contrasts with aluminium woe
Capacity is dividing China’s metals producers, with the country’s top copper refiner....
Read MoreMongolian Tavan Tolgoi mine auction: High rewards, high risks
Mongolia’s government will soon hire an investment bank to sell part of a massive....
Read MoreMetals czars Potanin, Deripaska want to create Russian BHP Billiton
Two Russian metals billionaires have proposed the creation of a mining giant part....
Read MoreVedanta runs into more local trouble on Nyamgiri Hills bauxite development
British headquartered, but Indian run, major diversified mining company Vedant....
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Ireland’s Tara zinc mineworkers vote on closure prevention proposals
Workers at Tara, Europe’s largest zinc mine, will vote next week on proposals....
Read More167 workers rescued at DRD’s Blyvoor shaft after "act of God"
DRD Gold hopes to resume production at its number five shaft at Blyvoor mine....
Read MoreVoracious sponges save reef
Tropical oceans are known as the deserts of the sea. And yet this unlikely....
Read More"Alien" Atmosphere Helped Unfreeze Early Earth
Oxygen trapped in 635-million-year-old rocks from the Arctic has revealed that...
Read MoreBrazilian oil gets British backing in prep for boom
A leading British oil and natural gas company will invest $4 billion in Brazil’s...
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