October 28, 2015

Iron ore price crashes through $50

"The major producers are adding incremental volume at around $20 a tonne, that gives you a sense of where the vulnerability is."

October 28, 2015

Canada’s First Nations, mining companies benefited from modern treaties — report

Modern treaties have drove First Nation communities’ real income up by about 17%, benefiting several industries, especially the extractive sector, a new study shows.

October 26, 2015

Chinese scrap at 10-year low pressures iron ore price

Chinese scrap – typically around 90% Fe – has fallen to below 62% iron ore at its 2011 peak and below domestic pig iron prices.

October 26, 2015

Weak metal prices to hit miners through 2016 — Moody’s

The situation, says the ratings agency, won’t change over the next 12 to 18 months, and metal prices may fall even further.

October 26, 2015

Miners ask Australia Govt to back-up social gains from $50bn investment in Africa

The Australian Government has been called on to take more notice of the nation’s important economic footprint in Africa.

October 26, 2015

Rick Rule: I am too wise to call a bottom in mining

Rick has seen too many cycles to answer a question like that.

October 23, 2015

Iron ore price drops to 3-month low

Vale's scorched earth strategy pays off: production on its way to 450 million tonnes at an astonishing cost of just $12.70 a tonne.

October 22, 2015

The most bullish mining chart you’ll see all day

Commodity Sentiment Index shows it's always coldest before the dawn.

October 20, 2015

Depleting Escondida drops BHP copper production

Copper output at the world's largest copper mine slips 14% due to declining grades and despite record material mined.

October 20, 2015

Beijing rescues giant iron ore importer

Chinese government intervenes to save Sinosteel from default indicating Beijing's free market reforms are stuttering.