May 15, 2013 Rio Tinto’s $1.4bn bauxite mine approved in Australia Project on the Cape York peninsula could produce up to 50 million tonnes per year.
May 15, 2013 BHP Billiton’s disappearing exploration budget "We need to squeeze returns from our installed infrastructure."
May 9, 2013 BHP’s new CEO Mackenzie takes charge amid mining austerity Andrew Mackenzie to tour Pilbara iron ore mine on first day as CEO.
May 3, 2013 Glencore Xstrata up on first day of trading after merger The newly combined company’s stock price rose over 4%
May 2, 2013 Meet the world’s largest commodities trader: Glencore Xstrata Glencore announces the completion of its takeover of Xstrata.
April 30, 2013 Fatality at Rio Tinto Alcan’s Quebec facility The company has suspended the activities at the facility's anode plant until further notice.
April 19, 2013 Rio Tinto apologises to shareholders over Alcan Rio Tinto CEO offers an honest review of the infamous Alcan deal.
April 18, 2013 Copper hammered again, lowest level in 18 months Copper prices dropped for the second straight day on Thursday.
April 10, 2013 BHP said to have discovered vast copper deposit in Western Australia Finding is close to BHP's massive but low-grade Babel-Nebo nickel-copper discovery.
March 7, 2013 Commodities ‘supercycle’ will last another 15 years: JP Morgan The current slowdown is just a pause in the commodity supercycle’s 'continuing spin.'
Iron ore price nears best close since November on year-end metal rally The steelmaking ingredient advanced for a third straight session in Singapore, climbing nearly 1.8% to as much as $106.55 a ton in intraday trading. December 29, 2025 | 07:51 am
