March 18, 2015

Miners woo communities with soccer fields, bull rings and guinea pigs to unlock US$25 billion in stalled projects

From South America to Africa, mining companies are throwing all that and more at communities to quiet growing opposition to controversial projects.

March 17, 2015

Iron ore price claims another victim

Sweden's Dannemora stop production over liquidity problems.

March 17, 2015

April Simandou auction amid new low in iron ore price

Iron ore fell to a new 7-year low on Tuesday, but Guinea is pressing ahead with the auction of north Simandou, the richest undeveloped deposit in the world.

March 17, 2015

Coal, iron ore prices unlikely to rise until at least 2016

Westpac’s chief economist says with demand out of China unclear coming into the New Year, and high volumes of iron ore being exported to the country, price volatility will continue.

March 17, 2015

Tommy Humphreys: An inside look: How mining titans like Giustra, Lundin, and Beaty are playing the downturn

Since Tommy regularly spends time with the sharpest minds of the natural resource sector (Lundin, Gisutra, Casey, etc.), we know how valuable his perspective is.

March 16, 2015

BHP’s South32 spinoff to cost $738m

Board proposes to give shareholders one share in the $12bn spin-off company for every BHP share owned, but the whole process comes with hefty fees.

March 16, 2015

Australian mining tycoon Rinehart makes a $3.2m bet on gold

The country's richest woman has decided to back a junior miners' joint venture in Victoria.

March 14, 2015

National Association of Manufacturers’ survey sees positive outlook for manufacturers in 2015

Manufacturing production should continue to accelerate, growing 3.0% over the next two quarters

March 12, 2015

North Korea digging ever deeper to keep its economy afloat

The sharp fall in global commodity prices is starting to have an impact on North Korea, economists say, hurting a state that relies heavily on exports of minerals to keep…

March 11, 2015

The bottom is in. Venezuela restarts iron mine after 18 years

OR NOT. As iron ore prices fall to 7-year lows struggling South American nation reopens 18 billion tonne Cerro Bolivar mine mothballed since 1997.