May 3, 2016

BHP, Vale hit with $44 billion lawsuit over deadly spill

Civil suit demands over $2 billion upfront and also targets Brazil's federal, state governments over deadly dam burst at jointly-owned Samarco iron ore mine.

May 3, 2016

China scare drops mining stocks

Factory conditions in China unexpectedly worsen for the 14th straight month raising fears that the rally on commodity markets in 2016 was losing steam.

May 3, 2016

Cornwall tin: Revival of the fittest

Tin mining in the UK appears to be seeing something of a revival.

May 3, 2016

Iron ore price plummets as Chinese stockpiles rise

The drop comes as stockpiles in China, the world’s biggest buyer, climbed 1.2% to 98.5 million tons last week.

April 29, 2016

More iron ore price madness as China’s mom-and-pops pile in

As iron ore rallies again – up 6% on Friday – report shows just how bonkers Chinese speculation in ore futures are compared to anything on Wall Street.

April 28, 2016

This chart shows actual China GDP growth highest since 2014

Few trust official Chinese growth numbers, but new research shows activity across a wide section of the economy accelerated sharply in the first quarter.

April 28, 2016

Vale back in the black on higher iron ore prices, currency

Vale’s results for the first three months of 2016 makes it the best-performing major iron-ore miner so far this year.

April 28, 2016

Anglo American to sell Brazilian units to China Molybdenum for $1.5 billion

The niobium and phosphates division, which consists of mines, plants, processing facilities, chemical complexes and deposits, was one of Anglo’s more profitable businesses.

April 27, 2016

Iron ore price plummets amid Chinese speculative mania

China clamps down, but Beijing's record on market intervention is not good and speculative bubbles tend to blow up spectacularly inside the country.

April 27, 2016

Adani’s $12bn Carmichael project hit with yet another lawsuit

A green group asked the Supreme Court in Queensland to review the environmental approval of the controversial coal mine and rail project.