Chinese miners active globally to feed economic growth at home

In its recently released report on the state of the global mining industry – ‘Mine – Back to the Boom’ – PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC) reported that, in 2009, the Chinese had been in the forefront of mining mergers and acquisitions (M&A)...

Chinese miners active globally to feed economic growth at home

China continues to need for natural resources to feed its economic growth, which remains essential because the country is still, on a per capita basis, very poor. The country has many minerals & metals resources of its own, but many are...

Capital equipment group spreads its mining wings with Chinese excavator

Member of the JSE-listed Bidvest group, McCarthy Heavy Equipment (MHE), is expanding its offering to the mining industry, with the introduction later this year of the 70 t Sany excavator - adding to the 20 t, 23 t, 30 t and 42 t machines already...

Yellow metal is no fool’s gold

Gold is back, as far as investors worldwide are concerned. Prices have been hitting quarter-century highs, and promise to go higher.

Yellow metal is no fool's gold

Gold is back, as far as investors worldwide are concerned. Today we see the best fundamentals for the gold market in 25 years.