October 16, 2014

BHP bows to pressure, to list spinoff in London

The mining giant has made a sharp U-turn on its initial decision to snub a London listing for its $17 billion spinoff.

October 15, 2014

BlackRock blames Ebola for London Mining mess

And the rapid fall in the iron ore price, the Sierra Leone miner's dispute with Glencore and the slow rampup. But especially Ebola.

October 15, 2014

China’s inland mills could be in market for 300mt seaborne iron ore

New research shows inland Chinese steel mills pay a 35% premium over seaborne benchmark with 210mt of steel capacity potentially looking for alternatives.

October 15, 2014

Mick Davis has now almost $5 billion to build new mining empire

The former Xstrata boss' new venture, X2 Resources, is "currently reviewing a number of opportunities in the metals and mining sector."

October 15, 2014

Australia, Brazil to control 90% of global iron ore trade by 2020

Despite iron ore prices touching rock bottom, the top three producers have no plans to slowdown production. Quite the contrary.

October 14, 2014

South Africa considers declaring certain minerals as strategic

Under the bill, such minerals "will be sold for production costs excluding transportation. That is the mine-gate price.

October 12, 2014

JSW Steel close to acquiring London Mining

JSW Steel has almost clinched a deal that would see India's third-largest steel company acquire embattled London Mining (LON:LOND), sources close to the negotiations revealed on Friday.

October 10, 2014

Valemax finally allowed at Chinese port

The mega-ship Shandong Da Ren docked at Dongjiakou port in Qingdao, eastern China, on Oct. 2.

October 9, 2014

Glencore considered Australia listing: report

The commodities trader and miner explored a stock-exchange listing Down Under.

October 9, 2014

Iron ore war: Rio Tinto ‘not standing still’ over BHP’s production boost

The head of the iron ore division, Andrew Harding, defens Rio's own plans to ramp up ore production.