August 6, 2015

CHARTS: Iron ore price only getting more volatile

Compared to the wild swings iron ore dealers have to deal with, gold, coal and copper traders are coasting.

August 6, 2015

GRAPH: Why you can’t compete with Rio iron ore

World number two miner copes with 46% drop in price in first half of 2015 but keeps iron ore margins above 60% – where it's been for 15 years.

August 5, 2015

Brazil’s Vale plans debt sale to expand Carajas railway

The board of Vale SA , the world's largest iron ore producer, on Wednesday approved plans to raise 1 billion reais ($287 million) from the sale of debt notes to…

August 5, 2015

Iron ore price rally has legs

Wednesday jump brings gains of 28% in less than a month.

August 5, 2015

CRA targeting mining-sector tax havens

It’s an issue that the Canadians for Tax Fairness and the Liberal Party of Canada appear to be hoping to make a federal election issue.

August 5, 2015

Work continues

There are good companies doing promising work. Yes, the news flow is slower than in better markets, but that doesn’t mean it’s crickets out there.

August 4, 2015

India’s Supreme Court orders auction of 15 Karnataka iron ore mines

India’s Supreme Court has directed that 15 iron-ore mines in the southern province of Karnataka will have to be put up for auction and the process completed within the next…

August 3, 2015

Chinese iron ore futures trading hits record high

Recent volatility in the price of iron ore has interested traders of the crucial industrial metal.

August 2, 2015

Vermeer’s solution for sites with drill and blast restrictions

Vermeer’s T1255 is designed to cut through solid rock in large-diameter applications

July 29, 2015

Iron ore price surges 6%

Steel prices up on rumours Beijing has ordered deep production cuts at steelmakers as far away as 500km from Chinese capital ahead of massive military parade.