June 19, 2013

INFOGRAPHIC: Magnetite is the future of iron ore

An important emerging source of the world’s iron.

June 19, 2013

Brazil’s president unveils new mining law

Reforms include proposal to potentially double mining royalties to 4%.

June 18, 2013

Seven Australian companies to survive a metals market correction

Analyst Andrew Richards believes his country's resource sector has turned a corner.

June 18, 2013

Iron ore price extends 6% rally as China mulls relaxing import rules

The proposed end to the licensing system marks something of retreat for Beijing which has made many attempts to wrest control over pricing away from the major producers.

June 18, 2013

VIDEO: Guinea’s fight for its iron ore billions

One of the greatest prizes in all of mining, perhaps the world, is the iron mountains of Simandou in Guinea, half of which was given away by a former dictator…

June 18, 2013

Rio Tinto very close to selling Iron Ore of Canada: report

China Minmetals Corp confirmed Tuesday it is considering a bid.

June 18, 2013

JP Morgan urges more positive view of mining stocks

Unfortunately the optimism does not extend to mining services stocks.

June 17, 2013

Resurgent Aussie dollar gives huge boost to Brazil, South Africa iron ore exporters

While the real and rand continues to weaken significantly, the Australian dollar is staging an impressive comeback and dealing damage to Rio Tinto and BHP.

June 15, 2013

Rio Tinto raises US$3 billion in bond issue

Bookrunners are BNP Paribas Securities Corp., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Credit Suisse (USA) LLC and RBS Securities Inc.

June 14, 2013

Miners’ new trilogy: flat revenues, profit drop and weak share prices

Report shows mining companies are not longer trusted on their abilities to control costs, deliver on promises and cope with resource nationalization demands.