India restricts gold imports even further: bans coins, medallions Only gold coins, medallions and dores with a special licence from the foreign trade office can be sold in India. Cecilia Jamasmie | August 14, 2013 | 6:51 pm
Study finds India holds vast reserves of diamonds Geologists identified a 200,000 square km-area in India’s south that holds perfect conditions for diamond formation. Cecilia Jamasmie | August 14, 2013 | 5:29 pm
BHP’s Escondida copper mine in Chile hit by sudden strike Workers at the world's largest copper mine walked out their job this morning. Cecilia Jamasmie | August 14, 2013 | 4:31 pm
Rio begins appeal against ruling that blocked its Warkworth coal mine expansion Its outcome could reshape the regulatory environment of Australia’s economy, heavily dependent on natural resource extraction. Cecilia Jamasmie | August 14, 2013 | 2:31 pm
Rio Tinto cuts about 2,000 jobs at Oyu Tolgoi — report Long-running dispute between the Mongolian government and Rio over the massive copper-gold mine continues to drag on. Cecilia Jamasmie | August 14, 2013 | 12:00 pm
Chile’s ex-president Bachelet considers mining law changes The South American nation is home to 30% of the world's known copper reserves. Cecilia Jamasmie | August 13, 2013 | 6:31 pm
Copper ring almost made the Earth look like Saturn US Government-backed scientists aimed to build an emergency communications system based on copper wires around our planet. Cecilia Jamasmie | August 13, 2013 | 5:34 pm
Liebherr claims it has built world’s tallest crawler crane It can lift around 600 small cars. Cecilia Jamasmie | August 13, 2013 | 2:49 pm
Gold down as India raises import tax to 10% India also increased the import tax on silver to 10% from 6% Cecilia Jamasmie | August 13, 2013 | 2:45 pm
Fresh threats for Freeport’s Grasberg copper-gold mine in Indonesia Output may be affected by a ban on unprocessed ore exports that takes effect in 2014. Cecilia Jamasmie | August 13, 2013 | 2:07 pm
