September 27, 2013 Sad day for Batista: MMX iron ore almost sold Batista, once one of the world's ten richest people, has lost billions from his commodities and logistics empire this year.
September 26, 2013 Rumours of the supercycle’s death are greatly exaggerated: McKinsey Despite recent falls,commodity prices are still near their levels of early to mid-2008.
September 26, 2013 China puts $6bn valuation on 20mtpa Sierra Leone iron ore mine Shares of African Minerals surged 47% on Thursday after one of China's largest iron-ore trading companies injected $990 million into its Tonkolili mine.
September 26, 2013 BHP keeping Olympic Dam expansion on hold, unless ‘technological miracle’ allows it CEO Andrew Mackenzie expects to have something to say about the expansion "within a year.”
September 26, 2013 China investment opportunities today: Jim Rogers Somebody's going to get rich cleaning up China's environment.
September 25, 2013 Iron ore giant Vale has a secret that it won’t share The Brazilian miner is considering more non-core asset sales by the end of the year... and it is also working on a secret, "surprising" deal.
September 24, 2013 Ditched: More high-profile mines and projects – Steve Todoruk Although write-offs tend to negatively affect stocks, the fact that new management teams are willing to cut their losses is a good sign.
September 23, 2013 One in ten Australian mining professionals unemployed The figure is up from just 2% only 12 months ago.
September 20, 2013 Afghanistan’s $1 trillion mining dream is fading China wants to undo a multi-billion dollar agreement.
September 18, 2013 Swiss iron ore miner swoops into Brazil Ferrexpo spends $80 million on Ferrous Resources shares.
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