June 27, 2017

Iron ore price soars

China bulls kick iron ore price 6.5% higher.

June 26, 2017

Iron ore price: BHP starts work on $3.2 billion mine

South Flank will replace lost production from 80mtpa Yandi operation reaching end of its life.

June 26, 2017

South Africa’s chamber of mines challenges new charter in court

South Africa's Chamber of Mines has applied to a high court for an interdict to prevent the implementation of a new charter that increases the minimum threshold for black ownership…

June 26, 2017

Global environmentalist Yolanda Kakabadse to Chair IUCN independent scientific panel on Brazil’s Rio Doce watershed

IUCN former President, globally recognised environmentalist Yolanda Kakabadse, will Chair the new IUCN independent scientific and technical advisory panel on the restoration of the Rio Doce watershed in Brazil, following…

June 25, 2017

China shuns Indian iron ore in favour of Australia’s

Chinese steel mills are turning their backs on India and embracing Australia as a source of higher-grade ore for steelmaking.

June 23, 2017

Iron ore reverts to supply-driven market after 2016 aberration: Russell

Iron ore's demand-driven price surge last year is increasingly looking like an aberration as supply factors once again start to weaken the price outlook.

June 22, 2017

Australia’s Atlas defers new iron ore mine over price falls

Australia's Atlas Iron, which narrowly escaped collapse when iron or prices crashed in 2015, has deferred construction of a new mine, citing weak prices for the steelmaking commodity.

June 22, 2017

After rainforest victory for Brazil’s environmentalists, a mining battle looms

Brazil ministry wants to open border regions to foreign miners. Amazon-basin area about the size of Alaska could be affected.

June 20, 2017

Miners punished as iron ore price resumes decline

New Citigroup report predicts low $40s by end of the year, early 2018.

June 15, 2017

BHP Billiton announces new Chairman

The world’s largest mining company announced that Ken MacKenzie has been elected to succeed Jac Nasser