April 16, 2014

Rio Tinto iron ore output hit by bad weather in Australia, Canada

Production of the steel-making material, however, increased by 16%, which means the miner is on track to meet its full-year target.

April 15, 2014

BHP at full throttle

Operational update shows record production achieved for four commodities and at 10 operations.

April 15, 2014

Brazil’s Vale gets $2.8bn for iron ore expansions

Loan will help the miner improve its railway network and build a new mining and processing unit in Para state

April 14, 2014

Rio Tinto iron ore output falls short

But copper production shoots up 17% in first quarter.

April 13, 2014

The Ore Wars after the Flash Crash

The 8% one-day drop in the iron ore price in March was the result of a new dynamic in the market: panicked selling by traders using ore as loan collateral.

April 13, 2014

Gundlach on Chinese economic growth: ‘How about a minus 7?’

Founder and chief investment officer of $49 billion DoubleLine Capital may be a huge China bear, but he likes gold.

April 13, 2014

BHP can’t do for coking coal prices what it did for iron ore

BHP is losing big money on its push for a coking coal spot market.

April 11, 2014

Brazil Batista engaged in insider trading: report

The country's securities regulator, known as CVM, has found Batista waited 10 months to disclose that four oil fields were not commercially viable.

April 11, 2014

Former JPMorgan commodities chief under federal probe

The probe was opened following a settlement with regulators that alleged JPMorgan manipulated power markets in the Midwest and California.

April 10, 2014

Copper, iron ore imports defy China weakness

China's iron ore imports jump 21% to 74 million tonnes while copper imports surge 31%.