


$1.5bn Tajik aluminium plant deal highlights China’s growing influence in Central Asia

Soaring gold prices tempt Polyus back to market

Fosun turns to Russian gold with Polyus stake

China confirms $22bn gold discovery

Anglo-Asian Mining discovers new Azeri gold reserves near Gabaday

CITIC gets ready to pump $10bn into Iranian mining sector

Silk Road Fund eyes up Glencore’s Kazakh mine in Chinese gold rush

Moscow puts Alrosa stake into play

Moscow hoping to raise $889m from Alrosa privatisation – date set soon

Rio Tinto awards Jacobs Engineering $5.3bn Oyu Tolgoi mining contract

101 Kazakh mineral deposits to be put up for auction

Polymetal buys Glencore’s Kazakh Komarovskoye Gold Deposit for $100m

Rouhani and Aliyev pave way for Caspian Sea cooperation

China sets up team to explore Antarctic

Moscow sends out mixed messages about Russian privatisation programme

New Delhi to auction off 100 plots in bid to transform Indian mining sector

Over 1,000 Chinese coal mines face closure in bid to cut over capacity

First gold ingots poured at Pakrut project in Tajikistan

Rio Tinto and Mongolia set to sign $6bn Oyu Tolgoi financing agreement

Oyu Tolgoi copper mine expansion still on, Rio Tinto assures investors

Italy’s Denali and Fata plan €4bn Iranian steel investment

Norilsk Nickel raises $1bn through eurobond issue
