July 16, 2013

Commodities 2013 halftime report: A time to mine for opportunity?

Instead of trying to guess which commodity will outshine all others, we suggest diversifying across all commodities to try to smooth out the inherent volatility.

July 16, 2013

Glencore Xstrata cuts: Australian iron ore, Peruvian copper mine

Will halt iron ore production at Australian Ernest Henry mine

July 16, 2013

Rio Tinto boasts record iron ore production figures

Copper production up 17%.

July 15, 2013

Australian miners underwhelmed by Prime Minister’s carbon tax pledge

Australia's Association of Mining and Exploration Companies wants to see an end to the Clean Energy Future plan.

July 14, 2013

INFOGRAPHIC: Ranking Russia by metal reserves

Number one in iron ore.

July 13, 2013

The hidden edge of junior mining companies

“Exploration on the whole is a capital destroying business.”

July 10, 2013

World’s largest iron ore mine shipments hindered in Brazil

Carajas, fully owned by Vale, is the world's largest iron ore mine and holds 7.2 billion metric tons of iron ore in proven and probable reserves.

July 9, 2013

Iron ore price at 8-week high on all-time record Chinese steel output

Fundamentals improve as inventories at the country's blast furnaces decline sharply.

July 9, 2013

The growing political risk to miners posed by water shortages

Water plays a vital role in every step of the mining process, from initial extraction to the refinement of ore.

July 8, 2013

Valemax leaves destruction in its wake

China's largest private shipyard and a Korean fleet owner-operator of Vale's giant ore carriers face bankruptcy.