September 30, 2013

4 years late, $6bn over budget Sino Iron fires up one 4mtpa line

China's Citic Pacific's $8 billion magnetite mine in Australia has finally gone into production.

September 28, 2013

Caterpillar mows down more jobs

Targeting support and management positions.

September 27, 2013

Breaking bad: Biggest mining penalties

A list of the biggest mining fines of 2013 - so far.

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.