February 12, 2015

Iron ore’s richest prize going on auction

Outcome will say a lot about the long-term prospects for the industry.

February 6, 2015

Iron ore permabear Xie now expects price in $30s

Prices "need to decline to a level that's so painful higher-cost Chinese mines will be forced to give up".

February 6, 2015

How junior mining companies hit the reset button

If a junior mining company is in a dire enough situation, they may hit the “reset” button and rollback their stock.

February 6, 2015

‘Inexorable decline’: Iron ore price hits new low

Shanghai trader: "This Chinese New Year procurement period is very different from past years."

February 3, 2015

Roubini gives a talking to gold bugs, other ‘pseuds and hacks’

Dr Doom explains why the predictions of "Austrian economists, radical monetarists, gold bugs, and Bitcoin fanatics" have been so "spectacularly wrong".

February 2, 2015

CAT, Komatsu, Volvo slapped with antitrust suit

International Construction Products alleges Big 3 manufacturers are colluding to keep the 1-year old company from selling cheap Chinese equipment in the US.

February 2, 2015

‘Now is a good time to deploy capital’ – private equity group secures $450 million

No money for iron ore.

January 31, 2015

Roundup takeaway 1: outsmart tough odds

It’s a common stat in the sector: only 1 in 1,000 discoveries becomes a mine. But David Harquail, president and CEO of Franco-Nevada, takes that sobering fact one step farther.

January 30, 2015

Commodity slump forces BC Iron to quit Brazilian project, revalue mines

The Australian junior iron ore producer is also studying whether it needs to write down the value of any ­assets ahead of next month’s half-year result.

January 30, 2015

BHP axing up to 300 Olympic Dam jobs

The decision caps off a dreadful month for South Australia’s mining sector.