Top iron ore producer forecasts 50% fall in price; Vital Metals to become Canada’s first rare earths miner; Vale sells New Caledonia nickel assets to Trafigura

Whoever replaces Simon Thompson as chairperson of Rio Tinto Group will face a raft of complex and problematic global issues.

Seasonal rains at the Ponta da Madeira port, Vale's iron ore and manganese loading terminal in the Northern System resulted in fewer shipments from Carajás.

The securities, of which the payout is based on Vale’s dollar revenue, has more than doubled in value over the past 12 months.

The project will be carried out at Gara Djebilet iron mine, in the southern province of Tindouf.

For those seeking evidence of a new commodity supercycle, and for the sceptics of a sustained boom in natural resources, Australia’s government forecaster has it covered.

Country to build a new industrial estate for metal smelting near a planned hydropower plant on Borneo island.