November 23, 2012

CITIC blocks efforts by Clive Palmer to terminate iron ore rights

Supreme Court of WA grants CITIC Pacific Injunction against flamboyant Aussie mining tycoon

November 22, 2012

Rio’s rocky relationship with China and the 4-foot jade horse that’s helping to fix it

Call in the feng shui masters.

November 21, 2012

New tax plan could hit Australia’s top miners hard

Any overhaul of the tax could spark a fresh war with miners still smarting from their battle against 2010's resource super profits tax.

November 20, 2012

Big 3 dumping huge volumes as iron ore rally comes to abrupt end

Sentiment will start to weaken from this point onwards said one trader.

November 20, 2012

MMG submits proposal for Canadian Arctic zinc-copper mine

China-backed metals producer Minerals and Metals Group (MMG) might be the new kid on the Canadian Arctic block, but it is already moving ahead with its plans to build mines…

November 20, 2012

Xstrata’s ‘Big Mick’: no stay-on bonus brings ‘unnecessary risks’

Xstrata shareholders rejected the $220 million retention bonus plan by a resounding 78.4%.

November 20, 2012

Mining CFOs more pessimistic than the rest of Canada’s financial officers

A lot gloomier than any other Canadian chief financial officer (CFO) are those executives working for mining companies, reveals industry-specific data published Tuesday by GE Capital as part of its…

November 20, 2012

BHP Billiton looks for new CEO outside mining

BHP Billiton's (NYSE:BHP), the world's largest mining company, has not been successful in its quest to find a suitable successor to Marius Kloppers, as the South African approaches his sixth…

November 20, 2012

China to slash taxes for domestic iron ore miners

Authorities consider current total tax rate of 25% to be excessive

November 20, 2012

Palmer in legal stoush with Chinese partners over Pilbara ore rights

CITIC Pacific lodges appeals with WA's Supreme Court to block Mineralogy's lease termination