December 26, 2014 INFOGRAPHIC: The top 10 civil engineering projects of all time This impressive infographic counts down the Top 10 civil engineering projects of all time.
December 24, 2014 Cliffs’ Bloom Lake hit with record environmental fine The $7.5m fine was imposed following the Triangle Tailings Pond dam breach in May 2011 and other environmental missteps over a period of 18 months.
December 24, 2014 Former car dealer is Brazil’s new mining and energy minister Eduardo Braga (54) takes over a ministry dealing with an alleged kickback and bribery scheme at state-run oil company Petrobras.
December 23, 2014 Iron ore price plummets on Chinese black swan talk Iron ore price drops 3.5% Tuesday to levels last seen during the emergence of the spot market.
December 23, 2014 Atlas Iron to take a $900 million write-down It said the exact amount of the impairment is subject to forecast iron ore prices, exchange rates and market conditions when assessed on December 31.
December 22, 2014 Australia cuts iron price forecast 33% on ‘structural change’ The severity of the slide in iron ore prices appears to have caught even the top exporting country's Department of Industry by surprise.
December 22, 2014 UK data watchdog hands defeat to Steinmetz over request to quell Simandou mining deal critics Steinmetz and three BSGR directors argued that Global Witness had obtained personal information about them without authorization and wanted it to be forced to reveal what specific data it held.
December 18, 2014 Judge turns down Vale bid to dismiss Rio Tinto lawsuit in U.S. The court said Vale had failed to convince him to dismiss the case in which it is accused of conspiring to steal Rio's rights for part of iron ore reserve…
December 18, 2014 Mining stocks rally across the board Huge advances in all sectors from potash and uranium to copper and gold led by a 10% surge in diversified Canadian heavyweight Teck Resources.
December 17, 2014 India joins iron ore output surge State-owned iron ore miner NMDC to triple production to 100 million tonnes per year by the end of the decade.
Iron ore price nears best close since November on year-end metal rally The steelmaking ingredient advanced for a third straight session in Singapore, climbing nearly 1.8% to as much as $106.55 a ton in intraday trading. December 29, 2025 | 07:51 am
