October 26, 2013

Greenland iron ore mine gets green light

"New projects in iron ore currently do face funding challenges."

October 26, 2013

10 strategies for success in a flat commodity price market: John Kaiser

Stormy weather in the mining space has a silver lining: It is encouraging miners to develop new, innovative approaches to their business.

October 25, 2013

Cliffs scoops up Barrick executive Halverson and names him CEO

Effective Nov. 18.

October 25, 2013

Rio sells stake in Clermont coal to Glencore for $1bn

The mining giant is selling its 50.1% stake in Clermont coal mine to a company jointly owned by Glencore Xstrata and Sumitomo Corporation.

October 25, 2013

Bushfire forces evacuation at Pilbara mine

The company says it's working to contain the fire and that to date there have been no injuries.

October 24, 2013

Aussie gov produces draft repeal of mining tax

Not a done deal quite yet.

October 24, 2013

What’s really behind China’s economic growth and why it won’t last

When I read some of the headlines by other news organizations, sometimes I can’t help but chuckle at their oversimplification.

October 24, 2013

BHP chief on China, Nimba and Jansen strategy

BHP adopts a wait and see approach on African iron ore and Canadian potash project and counts on China for bulk of future growth.

October 24, 2013

Another bidder walks away from Rio’s Canada iron ore

China's Minmetals finds IOC too pricey at $3.5 billion according to a new report.

October 23, 2013

Caterpillar sees no signs of improvement on the horizon

Share price drops more than 6% following Q3 profits of less than $1 billion.