June 1, 2013 Iron ore price: China’s weekend surprise could stop slump turning into rout Better economic news from China over the weekend could help iron ore prices recover from last week's big scare.
May 30, 2013 Numbers don’t lie: Aussie capex drops, mining boom is over Capital expenditure in mining peaked last year, stabilized in the second half of 2012 and then plunged steeply in the March quarter, wiping almost $1.5 billion off Australia's quarterly output.
May 30, 2013 Iron ore prices hit seven-month low, Aussie miners affected Drop has prompted investors to exit pure-play stocks, such as Fortescue Metals Group.
May 29, 2013 Iron ore holds the line as coal exports flag and LNG fails to fire BHP Billiton captures the bleak reality of the end of the Australian resources boom.
May 29, 2013 Planetary Resources wants to raise $1m with its first asteroid prospectors Promises 'a telescope for everyone.'
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."
Op-ed: America can’t defend itself with Chinese minerals US is building new critical-mineral processing facilities from Texas to Tennessee, but without new sources of raw material, those plants will sit idle. January 23, 2026 | 12:56 pm
