April 16, 2014

Rio Tinto iron ore output hit by bad weather in Australia, Canada

Production of the steel-making material, however, increased by 16%, which means the miner is on track to meet its full-year target.

April 16, 2014

Two workers killed in wall collapse at Australian coal mine

The employees died following the incident at the Austar coal mine in the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales state.

April 15, 2014

BHP at full throttle

Operational update shows record production achieved for four commodities and at 10 operations.

April 13, 2014

Gundlach on Chinese economic growth: ‘How about a minus 7?’

Founder and chief investment officer of $49 billion DoubleLine Capital may be a huge China bear, but he likes gold.

April 13, 2014

BHP can’t do for coking coal prices what it did for iron ore

BHP is losing big money on its push for a coking coal spot market.

April 11, 2014

Brazil Batista engaged in insider trading: report

The country's securities regulator, known as CVM, has found Batista waited 10 months to disclose that four oil fields were not commercially viable.

April 11, 2014

US coal demand slipping, but some basins faring better than others

Coal remains the largest source of fuel for electric generation in the United States. However, demand is shrinking.

April 11, 2014

Bolivia to revise new mining law

Bolivian President Evo Morales and leaders of the National Federation of Mining Cooperatives have formed a commission to quickly redraft at least three controversial articles of the recently-approved ruling.

April 11, 2014

Former JPMorgan commodities chief under federal probe

The probe was opened following a settlement with regulators that alleged JPMorgan manipulated power markets in the Midwest and California.

April 11, 2014

Green Germany returning to brown coal, villages in limbo

The nation is sweeping away entire towns of its map because they are sitting on vast coal deposits.