May 28, 2013 Vale receives new mining concession in Brazil The company is obliged to produce 20 million tonnes of iron ore per year.
May 28, 2013 Contractors caught in BHP Billiton’s crosshairs Coal profitability constraints spell trouble for contractors.
May 28, 2013 Australia’s surging exports point to next mining phase Declining imports signal the wrap up of the investment boom.
May 28, 2013 Africa ready to revert its ‘resource curse’: report Experts believe agricultural, mining and energy resources could easily boost the continent’s economic growth in the next two years.
May 27, 2013 Tensions in New South Wales mining: locals sacked, fly-in foreign workers retained "These people just flit into the town and flit back out."
May 27, 2013 Kenya to form state-owned mining company The government is also working on a bill to update the mining act.
May 25, 2013 The commodities supercycle is ‘not dead, just resting’ Delaying big new mining projects is a "self-serving" strategy: supply shortages will eventually drive prices back up.
May 24, 2013 Vedanta raises $1.7bn, India’s largest ever offshore bond sale This is a landmark transaction for Vedanta, which is joining domestic peers in catching the flood of US dollars being unleashed by central banks.
May 23, 2013 Glencore Dominican exploration refused by United Nations “The environmental impact study is, according to our evaluation, incomplete and superficial.”
May 22, 2013 Sweden bulldozes town to reach more iron ore About 35% of the town will move, including 65% of the apartments, over the course of several years.
Copper poised for best year since 2009 after December surge All six base metals on the LME are headed for annual gains in a year that’s seen an array of supply-side pressures. December 24, 2025 | 10:11 am
