December 11, 2012 $27 billion injected into Amazonia mining by 2016 Vale's Carajas iron ore mine is the biggest but some 60 gold explorers are also active in the Brazilian region.
December 11, 2012 Iron ore price highest since July as China cranks out 16% more steel and stockpiles hit 2-year low Port ore stockpiles are down 25% since February peak and imports are up 17%.
December 10, 2012 Zamin Ferrous to start exporting 18 million tons of iron in 2016 Mining company Zamin Ferrous is waiting on authorizations to initiate the extraction of iron in Valentines, Uruguay.
December 10, 2012 Resource nationalism is miners’ number one fear and major threat to global security — report Resource nationalism is one of the main causes of the current commodity prices instability and it is threatening global security, warns London-based Chatham House in its latest report.
December 10, 2012 Ferrum Americas Mining intersects 94.4 m grading 52.1% Fe at Cerro Rojo iron ore project The Company's Cerro Rojo iron ore project in Bolivia has returned the highest grading results to date.
December 9, 2012 Rio axes staff but quiet on how many Mining giant Rio Tinto has reduced the number of staff working at its regional headquarters in Melbourne, but refuses to say how many remain.
December 9, 2012 From farms to mines: China’s rise brings broad changes to Australia and other trade partners Tony Clift’s family has plowed the rich black soil of Australia’s Liverpool Plains for six generations. The thought of selling never crossed his mind — until a Chinese company came…
December 7, 2012 When the big just keeps getting bigger – Duluth releases new metals resource A significant increase in the enormous Twin Metals polymetallic resource in Minnesota, and identified higher grade zones, means the project economics just look like getting better and better
December 7, 2012 CHART: Iron ore is having a great December as Chinese stockpiles are slashed Things are shaping up nicely for 2013.
December 7, 2012 Afghanistan grants key copper and gold permits The government of Afghanistan announced Friday its preferred bidders for three of its four current mineral tenders, with a consortium backed by City of London banker Ian Hannam, former BHP…
Copper price set for biggest annual gain since 2009 on supply bets The red metal has notched a series of all-time highs in an end-of-year surge, rallying over 40% on the London Metal Exchange this year. December 31, 2025 | 10:31 am
