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.

May 22, 2013

Mining billionaire Clive Palmer wins royalties dispute over Chinese firm

"It is a significant victory for Mineralogy and an important vindication of the rule of Australian law."

May 21, 2013

Commodity supercycle is essentially over: Citigroup

Group expects 2013 to be year in which “the death bells ring for the commodity supercycle after its duly noted sunset.”

May 20, 2013

Australia’s Apollo Minerals developing iron ore assets

VIDEO: Chief Operating Officer Dominic Tisdell gives an update on its iron, base and precious metals projects in Australia and abroad.

May 20, 2013

Rio Tinto faces big new union push at its iron ore mines

Two powerful Australian unions have joined forces to try to take on Rio Tinto at its iron ore mines.

May 17, 2013

Australia is riding on the miner’s back: Rinehart

Giant ATMs

May 17, 2013

BHP finds new Guinea exit strategy

"Our decision to focus on the OECD was deliberate and, I would argue, increasingly looks like the right call."

May 15, 2013

Canada launches major research initiative to improve mining success

The joint public-private partnership project is worth more than $11 million and will last five years.