July 7, 2016

Growing glut will put pressure on iron ore prices: analyst

Recent upticks in the price of iron ore will turn out to be shortlived, and the price will likely drop from here, according to an analyst whose contrarian view was…

July 5, 2016

INFOGRAPHIC: Silver skyrockets post-Brexit, energy is back!

Energy had an impressive comeback in Q2, with natural gas and oil being the best performing commodities of the quarter.

July 4, 2016

Iron ore surges past $55 as Rio Tinto exits Simandou

The price increase comes as iron ore major Rio Tinto decided to put its Simandou project in Guinea on ice due to the iron ore glut that is keeping a…

June 28, 2016

Morgan Stanley: Iron ore will drop to $35 by fall

Iron ore advanced to a 5-week high of $53.40 on Tuesday, but analysts see steep decline in the final quarter of 2016.

June 27, 2016

BHP hikes exploration spending to focus mostly on copper, oil

It will raise its annual exploration spending by 29%, allocating nearly all its $900 million budget to finding new copper and oil deposits in the fiscal year beginning next month.

June 24, 2016

Copper stocks deep into red as gold miners surge

Gold's nearly $100 jump early on and copper's 4.5% meltdown split mining investors' Brexit fortunes.

June 24, 2016

Brexit: Gold, metals, markets react as Britain chooses to leave the EU

Gold climbs the most in eight years, while copper and oil fall.

June 21, 2016

The world’s 50 most valuable mining companies

Combined these mining and metal giants are worth $700 billion with operations in every corner of the world.

June 21, 2016

Rio Tinto may be planning a $9bn spinoff a la BHP

Rumours follow Rio's decision to group its least loved units — coal, uranium salt, borates and its Iron Ore Co. of Canada — under a new umbrella branded as the…

June 21, 2016

BHP just forecast ‘another 10 years’ of iron ore glut

Chief executive Andrew Mackenzie believes the iron ore market will take longer to balance out than other commodities due to an excess of supply coming on stream in the next…