April 9, 2017 Alderon offers $1 million for part of Wabush Mines to use as tailings disposal for Kami Alderon Iron Ore Corp. will purchase assets related to the Scully Mine for the purpose of disposing tailings produced from its flagship Kami project
April 7, 2017 Coking coal price close to $300 a tonne on Australian disruptions Coking coal prices gained 86% to $283.10 a tonne this week, the biggest gain in four years.
April 7, 2017 Iron ore miners shares drop as prices collapse Ore with 62% content in Qingdao fell almost 7% overnight, entering a bear market and erasing all of this year’s gains.
April 6, 2017 Buy precious, sell base (metals)….. Precious metals expert Michael Ballanger explains why he believes base metals are overbought and precious metals, especially silver, are set to appreciate.
April 6, 2017 Rio Tinto to fight $447 million Australian tax bill The amount is linked to what is known as “transfer pricing” between Rio Tinto’s Australian operations and its Singapore office.
April 6, 2017 BC mining financing dropped 40% in 2016 The mining industry still received 29% of the Canadian province’s top-grossing corporate financing deals.
April 5, 2017 Cyclone damage causes BHP to declare force majeure in Australia The miner said it won't meet its coal export commitments due to the damage caused by cyclone Debbie, which struck Australia’s north-east coast last week.
April 4, 2017 Iron ore drops below $80 a tonne again So far this year, the commodity has risen just 0.6%, quite far from the over 20% gains seen just over a month ago.
April 3, 2017 Search for ship containing 260,000 tonnes of iron ore continues The Stellar Daisy, which set out from the a port in Brazil to China, last made contact on Friday. 22 out of the 24 crew members are still unaccounted for.
April 3, 2017 Cyclone Debbie disrupts $3.2bn of Australian coal exports Damage to rail lines in cyclone-hit Queensland have disrupted the shipment of between 15 million and 20 million tonnes of coking coal destined to Asia.
Capstone Copper’s Chilean workers ready to strike if mediation fails The 645-member union rejected a contract offer in mid-December. December 24, 2025 | 12:12 pm
