January 28, 2016 Caterpillar sees no signs of mining improvement Quoting levels "very low" and machines already sold are not being put into service by mining companies.
January 28, 2016 Anglo American shares rally on iron ore output hike, cost-cutting measures The besieged miner plans to lower costs at its iron ore mines after boosting total annual output for the steelmaking ingredient.
January 28, 2016 Anglo American and Lonmin heap pain on South African mining with 9,000 job cuts Embattled miners have cut jobs in the face of plunging commodity prices, putting pressure on the South African government
January 28, 2016 Australia, Germany, Japan at high environmental risk due to reliance on coal — report The global coal industry is being squeezed by competition from cheap gas, declining demand and clean-air regulations that have raised costs for burning the fossil fuel.
January 27, 2016 Current mining downturn not a ‘normal’ one — Moody’s The ratings agency expects physical supply/demand imbalance to widen further, leaving miners in extremely weak conditions.
January 27, 2016 Coal dropped from Vietnam’s future energy plans Prime Minister's decision wipes out plans to construct 70 large new coal power plants, in favour of gas, and renewables, such as wind and solar.
January 26, 2016 Vale reopens iron port for at least 60 days The company has now at least 60 days to come up with a plan to address and fix pollution problems tied to its operations Tubarão, one of Vale's most important…
January 25, 2016 Iran goes beyond oil — to sign $5.4bn in mining deals with Italy, France Iran is opening $29 billion of projects to foreign investors now that sanctions have been lifted.
January 25, 2016 North America’s 10 highest mines North America's highest mines are all concentrated in just four states
January 21, 2016 China shutting another 4,300 coal mines Beijing will invest $4.6 billion over the next three years to close small and inefficient coal mines across the country.
Disruption and dislocation: LME metals’ year in seven charts Supply disruption and tariff dislocation have defined the London Metal Exchange base metals complex this year. December 23, 2025 | 07:58 am
