Chinese mining giant on the prowl 
for copper investment opportunities

China’s largest diversified mining company, the State-owned Aluminium Corporation of China (Chinalco), is looking worldwide for investment opportunities in copper, a metal which now has greater demand growth potential in China than aluminium....

Argentina's Congress to vote on new glaciers protection law

The Congress of Argentina is expected to vote this month on a proposed law that seeks to protect the country's glaciers, but could have implications for mining projects located thousands of metres above sea level, high in the Andes. The...

11 fired after protest at San Jose mine

Production has resumed at the San Jose mine, in Argentina's Santa Cruz province, after workers called a truce with the company, although 11 people have been fired. The San Jose gold/silver deposit belongs to Minera Santa Cruz, in which Hochschild...

Anglo’s Brazilian iron-ore unit plans production ramp-ups 
to feed Chinese market

Global mining major Anglo American’s Brazilian iron ore subsidiary, Anglo Ferrous Brazil, expects world demand for iron ore to return to normal within two years, and is planning to dramatically increase its production over the next six years,...

Energy mineral expected to bring considerable 
revenues for Mozambique

Mozambique expects to earn revenues of $1,5-billion annually from 2015 from coal projects now being developed by foreign investors in the province of Tete in the north-west of the country.

China arrests four Rio Tinto employees for stealing secrets –Xinhua

China arrested four employees of the mining major Rio Tinto Group for allegedly stealing China’s state secrets, the official Xinhua news agency reported earlier this month, citing the Shanghai state security authority.

Iron-ore price war

The yearly deadline to set benchmark iron ore prices has lapsed after talks between iron ore producers BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto and the China Iron and Steel Association (Cisa) have reached a stalemate.

World’s number two gem producer urges Russian depository to stop selling diamonds to stabilise prices

RUSSIAN diamond major Alrosa, the world’s number two producer of the gems, is reported to have appealed to the Russian Finance Ministry to halt diamond sales by the Gokhran agency, in order to help stabilize the prices of the precious stones....

Russian gas major broadens its interests in Nigeria

RUSSIAN gas giant Gazprom is expanding its activities in Nigeria, with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the New Nigeria Development Company (NNDC) to study three oil and gas exploration blocks in northern Nigeria. The...

Russian nickel major assures it will ride out recession

WORLD number one nickel producer OJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel (Norilsk) of Russia, believes that world nickel prices this year will be sufficient to allow it to maintain its production volumes and investments.

MDC’s Bennett to face charges of insurgency

Zimbabwe’s Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) treasury-general and deputy minister of agriculture-designate Roy Bennett, who recently spoke to Mining Weekly exclusively regarding the state of the Zimbabwean mining industry, will appear in...

India's State-owned coal firm eyeing SA mines - report

State-owned coal firm Coal India plans to buy coking coal mines in Australia, Zimbabwe and Mozambique, and steam coal operations in Indonesia and South Africa, in the next two years, newswire Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday. India could have a...