December 4, 2014 Iron ore price surges Benchmark 62% fines up 3% and premiums for high quality lump ore jump to 11-month high.
December 4, 2014 Rio Tinto-Glencore a ‘poor match’: Sam Walsh Walsh emphasized Rio was not planning any major acquisition to protect itself from a potential takeover by the commodity trader and miner rival.
December 3, 2014 Women mostly missing at London’s ‘Mines and Money’ event 75 participating countries, 200 companies, 200 presenters, 3,000 attendees… and fewer than 15 women invited to speak at Mines and Money London 2014. About time for a change – don’t…
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.
How a reclusive ex-Glencore trader became Indonesia’s nickel king Arif Kurniawan has gone from earning paychecks at Glencore to controlling approximately a third of his country’s domestic trade in nickel ore. December 28, 2025 | 03:25 pm
