May 16, 2016 Australia’s geoscientist employment slump enters its third year Employment prospects for Australia’s professional geoscientists deteriorated even further in the opening quarter of 2016, driven down by mining’s negativity and dashing hopes for an improvement in the geoscientist employment…
May 15, 2016 Iron ore keeps dropping Supply-demand fundamentals for iron ore appear to be moving back to balance amid steel supply concerns and after Chinese stock market regulators announced more steps to discourage speculative trading in…
May 13, 2016 Ivan Glasenberg’s advice is buy not build, but rival miners aren’t listening Glencore's boss has consistently spanked his competitors for wasting and ultimately popping the now deflated long resources boom through a suicidal splurge on growth that took no account of demand…
May 11, 2016 Miners going broke – worst still to come New report says mining and metals companies set to default on debt at more than three times the historical rate going back to 1983.
May 10, 2016 CHARTS: The May mining and metals meltdown Seven trading days in and already global mining investors are nursing double digit declines as everything from copper to met coal to silver take a beating.
May 10, 2016 Iron ore price bubble bursting In a rerun of last year's stock market collapse in China, mainland retail investors are now fleeing raw material markets frantically bid up since March.
May 10, 2016 BHP resumes expansion plans, says not waiting for prices to recover Strategic shift comes as the world's biggest miner tries to regain investors' confidence.
May 9, 2016 Major correction underway for mining stocks Monday mayhem as metals rally evaporates and mining's top names are dumped – Anglo's losses since a week ago now 28%, Freeport has plunged 25%.
May 9, 2016 Glencore buys major stake in troubled Aussie iron ore miner It now owns 8.47% of Atlas Iron, which gives Glencore direct exposure to iron ore production.
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