July 26, 2013

JP Morgan flees physical commodities trading

"The abrupt move marks a sharp reversal for the bank that had pushed aggressively into the sector since 2008."

July 26, 2013

Anglo’s Cutifani won’t take ‘unacceptably poor’ performances any longer: heads may roll

He also cut down his executive team and said at least half of Anglo’s $17 billion project pipeline will be shelved or cancelled.

July 26, 2013

Cliffs Natural Resources hit with 40% sales margin drop in Q3

Maintains most production and sales forecasts

July 25, 2013

Aussie iron ore baron gets OK to build world’s biggest dinosaur park

Unfortunately, the dinosaur replicas must be maximum six metres high, except for a Ruyangosaurus which will stand 10 metres tall. Loud roaring is also interdicted.

July 25, 2013

Junior miners going bust? CEOs weigh in on state of the industry

Following an 18-month downdraft in the sector, many investors have tough questions for these management teams.

July 24, 2013

The iron ore slice of the $1 trillion Afghanistan resource pie

Roughly 1.2 billion tonnes of iron ore.

July 24, 2013

What Chinese slowdown? Iron ore price closes in on 3-month high

Weaker than expected industry and job numbers for the world's number once consumer not stopping the climb in iron ore prices.

July 24, 2013

Australian environment minister to review iron ore mining in Tasmania

At issue: Tasmanian devil populations.

July 24, 2013

Challenging a long-held assumption about commodities

The bull market in commodities last decade was mainly a reflection of a sustained fall in the U.S. dollar.

July 23, 2013

Black Iron jumps 37 pct after announcing $536 million Metinvest deal

Backing from Ukraine's largest mining and steel producer.