December 9, 2016 Brazil grants operating license to Vale’s massive S11D iron ore mine Mine is set to start operations by the end of the year, with first shipment set for January 2017.
December 9, 2016 Iron ore soars past $80 a tonne The steelmaking raw material is up 85% this year, or more than double its December 2015 price.
December 9, 2016 Fresh shake-up at Rio Tinto in aftermath of bribery probe Russian-Canadian Vera Kirikova will become human resources group executive while Simone Niven will assume the corporate relations group executive post.
December 9, 2016 Moody’s bumps US steel industry outlook to stable Better outlook comes on the back of rising prices, improving capacity utilization and declining imports.
December 8, 2016 Anglo American about to make key decision on South African assets sale While the miner is not longer being pressed to include its platinum assets in the divestment plan, the issue of how to package mines and which ones to include, remains…
December 7, 2016 Huge jump in Chinese iron ore, coal imports At 92 million tonnes November iron ore imports were the third highest on record, while China's coal imports doubled during the month from a year ago.
December 7, 2016 Iron ore price surges to 27-month high "Iron ore is weird because the inventories are very high in China and it's got to be pure spec flows."
December 7, 2016 Capital allocation: Canadian miners’ top priority for 2017 With fluctuating commodity prices, the top priorities for Canadian miners next year will be capital allocation, strategic deal making and employing new technology and innovations, a report shows.
December 6, 2016 World’s top single mine iron ore firm needs 500–600 workers Pilbara's Roy Hill is ramping up to 55m tonnes per year capacity.
December 6, 2016 Trump’s impact on metals and mining in one chart Interactive: Donald Trump's victory has created winners and (huge) losers for the mining industry.
Super Copper’s Cordillera project approved by Chile’s National Mining Authority The concessions cover approximately 6,858 hectares in the Atacama copper belt. December 24, 2025 | 11:24 am
