April 4, 2013 Asia’s fierce competition for commodities Asia is at a dangerous crossroads of resource dependence, geopolitical tension and environmental degradation.
April 4, 2013 Report: Iron ore price at $90 in December and widening surplus to at least 2018 Bear market looks inevitable.
April 4, 2013 Brazil environmental watchdog charges Anglo with a $10m fine over port accident The incident forced Anglo to halt shipments from the operation, where it produced 6.1 million tonnes of iron ore last year.
April 3, 2013 Rio Tinto’s Walsh hits the gas pedal, puts Aussie coal assets up for sale Deal it is expected to fetch around $3 billion.
April 3, 2013 China’s largest steelmaker buys into Canada’s Labrador Trough The Kami project is expected to produce 8 million tonnes per year.
April 1, 2013 Model mining portfolio It is almost a truism these days that large mining companies are clueless on capex but we are starting to wonder if the rocketing capex for major projects may not…
March 31, 2013 Huge blow to Gabon as BHP pulls out Another African nation has fallen victim of belt-tightening at the world's number one miner.
March 30, 2013 Fatal Brazil pier accident halts Anglo American iron ore shipments The collapse of a river bank where a floating pier was moored has halted shipments by global miner Anglo American from its iron ore operation in Amapa state in Northern…
March 30, 2013 Construction of $9bn Roy Hill iron ore mine kicks off, no $2-a-day workers needed The biggest Australian iron ore mine to emerge in decades would not employ any of the 1,700 foreign construction workers it had been allowed to import.
Another arrest made in ‘largest gold heist in Canadian history’ In April 2023 about 880 pounds of gold was offloaded from a flight at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport after arriving from Zurich, along with C$2.5 million in cash. January 12, 2026 | 04:55 pm
