July 15, 2015

Shrinking Chinese steel market will drag down iron ore price

The price of iron ore is holding above $50 for now, but a contraction in Chinese steel output will see producers increasingly fight for market share.

July 15, 2015

Anglo American likely to cut dividend amid commodities collapse

It would be the first time since 2009 that Anglo has to cut dividends.

July 15, 2015

Little left to lose

Perhaps. But when a sector is so downtrodden that it barely shrugs at major global economic events, there is little left to lose.

July 15, 2015

BHP Billiton to take a $2.8 billion write-down on US assets

With this impairment BHP will have written down its oil and gas business by more than $4 billion since 2011.

July 14, 2015

Only permanent supply cuts can lift metal prices

The availability of cheap money has seen boards postpone hard decisions about uneconomic capacity says Macquarie in new report.

July 14, 2015

INFOGRAPHIC: Data shows investing is heavily biased by Geography

For investors, there’s no place like home. Data shows that investors are heavily sector-biased based on where they live.

July 10, 2015

Iron ore price builds on gains

13% in two days.

July 9, 2015

Iron ore price rockets 9.5%

Beijing restores confidence.

July 9, 2015

Iron ore prices: the worst is yet to come

Despite the rosy outlook from Australia’s top iron ore producers, they are all facing staggering demand from their biggest customer — China.

July 8, 2015

Iron ore nose-dives, hits fresh lows of $44.6 per tonne

Chinese import price for 62% iron content fines at the port of Qinqdao lost $5.01 or 10.01% of its value to $44.59 a tonne, the largest percentage drop on record.