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."

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.