August 24, 2015

CHART: Stop panicking about China and mining

We're not in 2008 – plotting global economic growth against commodity prices shows metals and mining sell-off is disconnected from realities on the ground.

August 24, 2015

Anglo American sells copper mines in Chile to UK investment firm

The price for the two assets could rise to $500m from $200m, depending on an eventual recovery of copper prices and the execution of an expansion plan for the Mantoverde…

August 24, 2015

Will India no longer buy Australian coal?

The answer is NO, according to the leader of The Greens, Richard Di Natale.

August 24, 2015

South32 survives mining sector slump, to cut $350m in costs until 2018

The company said is not keen on Rio Tinto's thermal coal assets, currently up for sale.

August 24, 2015

China fresh sell-off sends commodities, markets to the pits

The US has suspended the futures market on the Nasdaq index, as panicking traders have driven it down 5% — the maximum allowed under Wall Street rules.

August 23, 2015

Coal mine massacre during Solidarity-era Poland to go public

One of the darkest events in the martial-law era of Poland in the early 1980s will soon be available to the public.

August 21, 2015

INFOGRAPHIC – On the precipice: Will global markets follow commodities off the cliff?

Today may be the end of this trend of divergence. US equities are at a precipice: fueled by low rates and quantitative easing for years, they have finally started to…

August 20, 2015

Forget slower growth, worry about Chinese GDP contraction

Chinese rail freight tonnage – a key indicator for economic activity and the commodities trade – has plunged by 10.2% this year.

August 20, 2015

These are the US top coal basins

SNL Energy Research analyzes the top coal basins in select regions amid predictions of further pain for the global coal industry, including mine closures, liquidations and bankruptcies.

August 19, 2015

New landscape for BC mining environmental reviews

First Nation support for resource projects has become increasingly important to their success.