December 11, 2014 A big boys game: BHP ships 1bn tonnes iron ore to China BHP's first ore left Port Hedland in 1973, but 900m tonnes where shipped just over the last 12 years.
December 11, 2014 BHP moves away from iron ore to focus on new darling: copper Forget iron ore for now, the world’s largest mining company is making a bold bet on copper.
December 11, 2014 New strike hits Peru’s largest copper mine Unionized workers at Antamina downed tools at midnight Wednesday.
December 11, 2014 Move over Alrosa, Rio Tinto wants to drive growth in India’s diamond sector The miner hinted its 30-year partnership with the Indian diamond industry makes it the best fit to drive the sector’s growth in the country.
December 10, 2014 Miners in Guatemala to pay ten times more royalties President Otto Perez Molina has approved a new rule passed by the Congress last week, which rises taxes to transnational miners operating in the country from 1% to 10%.
December 10, 2014 Glencore’s Glasenberg slams top iron ore producers once again In his first investor day since buying Xstrata last year, Glencore’s boss highlighted his company’s spread of commodities and took aim at the expansion strategies of Rio Tinto and BHP…
December 9, 2014 Anglo American struggling to meet targets, mulls coal assets sale Anglo’s boss Mark Cutifani says company needs to find an extra $2 billion of earnings before interest and tax to meet the return on capital target set for 2015.
December 8, 2014 BHP Billiton spin-off named South32 The waiting game is over. BHP Billiton has named its Perth-based spin-off company, appointing Graham Kerr as its chief executive.
December 5, 2014 Vale may settle Simandou lawsuit Rio Tinto is suing Vale for billions over allegations the Brazilian giant and its former partner illegally acquired the West African iron ore deposit, one of the richest prizes in…
December 5, 2014 Walsh: My ‘amazing’ Rio turnaround ‘will be a Harvard case study’ Rio Tinto CEO credentialing ahead of another round with "combative" Ivan Glasenberg.
Precious metals craze prompts China fund to turn away investors UBS SDIC Fund had become increasingly concerned that investors could be exposed to heavy losses should a record-breaking bull market suddenly turn. December 27, 2025 | 08:00 am
