June 2, 2016

Iron ore price rout accelerates

CHARTS: Down 26% in a month the forward curve now points to the low $30s.

June 1, 2016

Brazil’s mining sector to recover lost ground as iron ore, metal prices stabilize

Higher gold prices will push miners to restart or speed up development of projects, leading a fresh wave of mergers and acquisitions in the country, according to BMI Research.

June 1, 2016

Vale said to have altered crucial data from dam disaster

Federal investigators claim Vale modified official documents detailing the chemical composition and concentration of the mineral waste spilled.

May 31, 2016

CHARTS: Brutal May for metals and miners

A sharp reversal in metals and minerals prices during May see top mining companies shed billions in market value.

May 31, 2016

Bayer and Planetary Resources to collaborate to improve agriculture with space data

Improving agriculture with crop-specific satellite images.

May 27, 2016

Australia’s mining project pipeline dwarfs other countries

Significant brown and greenfield projects through 2020 nearly outnumber the next ten countries on the list.

May 26, 2016

Here comes the half conveyer-belt, half train hybrid

Elevated below rail technology has the potential to open up significant mining assets long considered stranded.

May 26, 2016

Iron ore price back below $50

Down 27% in a month – 14 reasons the iron ore price has a lot further to fall.

May 26, 2016

Planetary Resources now has $21 million to help miners find resources… on Earth

Funds will be used to deploy and operate the firm's Earth observation program, known as Ceres.

May 26, 2016

BHP to boost copper output, lower costs at vast Olympic Dam

BHP wants find a way to up output for the industrial metal from its Olympic Dam by 40% even before a proposed and long-awaited mega-expansion of the operation takes place.