November 24, 2017

Australia’s Clive Palmer wins court case against China’s CITIC

Palmer's Mineralogy claimed it is owed money by CITIC's Sino Iron mine in Western Australia over a failure to agree to a formula for calculating the value of the ore…

November 23, 2017

Dalian coking coal, iron ore extend rally to 10-week high

China's coal imports dropped 21 percent in October as government moves to replace coal with cleaner fuel, iron ore prices followed coal futures higher.

November 23, 2017

Brazilian miners up in arms as lawmakers hike iron ore, gold royalties

They claim it won’t be possible to cut costs enough to offset the higher levies, and warn that some miners may need to pass on this new cost increase to…

November 22, 2017

Sibanye-Stillwater soars on surprise $93 million-move on DRDGold

The South African miner is exchanging a number of gold-processing assets and tailings storage facilities for a 38% stake in DRDGOLD.

November 20, 2017

BHP, Vale get extension to settle $48 billion Samarco claim

BHP Billiton Ltd and Vale SA have secured a 150-day extension from a Brazilian court to negotiate a settlement of a $48 […]

November 20, 2017

Russia’s VTB Capital aims to double gold sales to China in 2018

Russia's gold-trading banks trying to increase presence in Asian markets, especially since demand for Russian gold in European trading hubs slow since 2014.

November 20, 2017

Russia miner Nornickel sees capex rising by 2019-2020

The company plans to increase capital expenditure to an average of $2.3 billion to $2.5 billion a year in 2019 and 2020 from about $2 billion in 2018.

November 20, 2017

Vale says still looking to sell stake in New Caledonia nickel mine

The miner denied it had decided to suspend the sale of a stake in its loss-making New Caledonia nickel mine (VNC), and added that its plan to find a partner…

November 20, 2017

Anglo to halt Minas Rio in Brazil if expansion licence delayed further

The company said if long-delayed permit for its massive iron ore mine is not issued next month as expected, it would have to shut it by Sep. 2018.

November 19, 2017

Hong Kong taking on Singapore for iron ore trading dominance

Last week Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing started trading iron ore futures.