December 3, 2014 Cliffs Natural selling coal assets, expects loss of up to $425m Miner is dropping coal operations to focus on iron ore.
December 2, 2014 Vale confirms plans to sell stake in $35 billion base metals unit Chief Financial Officer Luciano Siani confirmed Tuesday the company's plans to sell a minority stake in its metals-producing unit.
December 1, 2014 New low in oil prices drags BHP Billiton stock below 2009 levels The stock closed in Sydney below the $30 mark, which is the lowest it has traded in the last five years.
December 1, 2014 African Minerals halts trading, shuts down Sierra Leone assets Iron ore project will remain suspended until the company either releases $102 million in restricted cash or can secure other short term funding.
November 30, 2014 Wabush woes: Labrador mining town reels from a China slowdown Ron Barron has spent 30 years working in the Wabush mine, one of three generations of Barrons who have toiled in the open pits in what western Labrador bills as…
November 26, 2014 Mining equipment suppliers caught in vicious spiral Already clobbered by the mining sector's woes, the crude oil slump could't come at a worse time for the resources equipment and services industry.
November 26, 2014 Analyst: Glasenberg could grab Rio by way of China By promising top shareholder Chinalco, Rio's stakes in Oyu Tolgoi and Simandou.
November 26, 2014 Heads roll as BC Iron forced to cut costs amid weakest price in years Founding managing director Mike Young among the ones leaving the company.
November 26, 2014 When it rains…Iron ore, gold miners the most vulnerable to Ebola risk Report shows there are 39 assets in production within the Ebola-affected region.
November 25, 2014 Iron ore massacre: below $70 for first time in five years This is almost two-thirds below a peak of $191.90 reached in February 2011, which was when huge new mines were being approved.
Copper poised for best year since 2009 after December surge All six base metals on the LME are headed for annual gains in a year that’s seen an array of supply-side pressures. December 24, 2025 | 10:11 am
