$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
