mining

The dilemma facing cryptocurrency

A White House executive order to lay out a national policy for digital assets should help boost credibility for cryptocurrencies, but concerns that decentralised finance technology can help evade sanctions still lingers for policymakers and investors.

March 29, 2022

Why Trafigura embraced a private panda bond

The private route offers a new financing channel for foreign issuers to borrow from China's $9.5 trillion debt market.

May 03, 2018

Hordes of investors charge Mongolian bond

Mongolia averts default with Extended Fund Facility and wildly successful exchange offering.

March 02, 2017

CMOC swoop shows China still hungry for resources

Part state-owned China Molybdenum’s purchase of niobium and phosphate businesses from Anglo American for $1.5 billion could herald fresh Chinese mining M&A boom.

May 02, 2016

VIDEO: Distressed miners to fuel M&A wave

John Tivey, partner at White & Case, talks to FinanceAsia about his outlook for mining and metals M&A in 2015.

December 17, 2014

Jokowi gives foreign miners a glimmer of hope

There are signs the incoming Indonesian government will work more closely with foreign groups who have been hit hard by taxes on mineral exports.

July 28, 2014

Chinese mining M&A revival

China's oil and gas giants are focused on integration after acquisition sprees, while mining companies drive acquisition volumes.

June 25, 2014

Eco-miners to the rescue

Mining billionaire and Ivanhoe founder Robert Friedland is rubbing his hands with glee at the prospect of a greener economy in Asia, especially in China.

March 25, 2014

Restructuring India's coal industry

India is blessed with abundant coal but it has not always made best use of this resource. It could be time to imitate China’s mining prowess.

March 21, 2014

Rio Tinto rumours boost value of Oyu Tolgoi

Mongolia’s vast copper-gold project remains stuck in a rut despite rumours that Rio Tinto is closing in on a takeover of the main project company, Turquoise Hill.

March 18, 2014