August 8, 2018 Indian miner sues Uruguay for $3.5 billion Zamin Ferrous alleges that the passing of a new mining law turned out to be a major change in the game rules in the South American country.
August 8, 2018 BHP says Brazilian court approves settlement for Samarco Samarco, a joint venture of Vale SA and BHP Billiton, expects to obtain next year all licenses needed to resume operations.
August 8, 2018 Shanghai rebar dips from 6-yr high; tradespat escalates Rebar open interest falls to lowest in 4 months.
August 7, 2018 Wages, activity pick up in Australia’s iron ore heartland New spending by some of the world's largest iron ore miners is tightening the market for jobs and support services in Australia's biggest mining region.
August 5, 2018 China’s Shandong province cuts steel and coal capacity in environment plan Shandong's Environmental Protection Bureau said it would cut pig iron production capacity by 600,000 tonnes and crude steel by 3.55 million tonnes by the end of this year.
August 3, 2018 Brazil mining exports to rise 2.5 pct in 2018 -Ibram By value, mineral exports are expected to increase to $30 billion from $28.37 billion last year.
August 2, 2018 US Steel tumbles as investors seek more from tariff windfall U.S. Steel Corp. fell the most among peers as a mixed bag of quarterly results left investors wondering if they would see any real benefit from trade policies that have…
August 1, 2018 Rio Tinto down despite $7.2bn cash return to investors Company said first-half profit grew 12% to $4.42 billion, below the $4.53 billion forecast by analysts.
July 31, 2018 BHP, Rio deals show lack of options beyond shareholder returns: Russell BHP Billiton last week agreed to sell its U.S. shale oil and gas assets for $10.5 billion, while Rio Tinto appears on track to exit its troubled investment in the…
July 30, 2018 Caterpillar says tariffs will wipe out up to $200M Demand for mining as well as oil and gas equipment is so strong that the company said it was taking orders for delivery well into 2019.
Precious metals craze prompts China fund to turn away investors UBS SDIC Fund had become increasingly concerned that investors could be exposed to heavy losses should a record-breaking bull market suddenly turn. December 27, 2025 | 08:00 am
