November 4, 2016

Rio’s Simandou sale ‘could crush the price of iron ore’

"It would of obvious strategic benefit for China to control a major iron ore deposit and add new supply to discipline the market."

November 3, 2016

Glencore did better as commodity trader than miner in Q3

While output was down for most commodities it mines and sales, it has improved earnings forecast for its trading unit.

November 1, 2016

Glencore to reopen yet another coal mine in Australia

The move comes only a few days after it resumed operations at Collinsville mine in Australia's Queensland state.

November 1, 2016

Vale may reconsider selling $10 billion in core assets — report

If prices for the commodities it mines continue to pick up, the firm must cancel plans to sell some of its best assets.

October 31, 2016

Aussie iron ore magnate Rinehart invests in UK’s biggest potash mine

Sirius Minerals’ York mine is expected to be one of the world’s largest in terms of the amount of resources extracted, generating an initial 10 million tonnes of polyhalite per…

October 31, 2016

Changes to the Kumba Board

Kumba is pleased to announce the appointments of Ms Nonkululeko Dlamini (nee Veleti) and Mr Seamus French as non-executive directors to the Board, with effect from 1 November 2016.

October 31, 2016

Mining jobs finally picking up in Australia

This is probably the headline most people who have lost their jobs in the last two years were dying to read.

October 31, 2016

Equity markets all but closed for mining IPOs

Miners have to look at debt, private investors and alternative financing like pre-pays for growth capital according to new report.

October 30, 2016

Anglo American plots £2bn South African mines spin-off

Anglo American is sounding out investors about a multi-billion pound spin-off of its South African operations in an attempt to pacifiy growing pressure from its biggest shareholder to consider a…

October 28, 2016

Activists urge Congo government to pass new mining code

Congo began reviewing its mining code in 2012, aiming to increase state revenues and tighten environmental and social regulations, but it has yet to make a decision about it.