May 5, 2012

Goliath vs David and Goliath battle brewing over world-first ‘stainless steel’ deposit

Vancouver's First Point Minerals served notice of arbitration on Cliffs on Saturday because the iron and coal giant refuses to hand over crucial information about the tiny explorer's Decar project,…

May 5, 2012

Cliffs Refuses to Provide First Point with Key Data on Decar Project

First Point Minerals Corp. announces that it has served notice of arbitration on Cliffs Natural Resources Exploration Canada Inc. and Cliffs Natural Resources Exploration Inc. (collectively "Cliffs") over Cliffs' refusal…

May 4, 2012

Brazil’s Government wins latest round in Vale tax match

Brazilian mining giant Vale (NYSE:VALE) announced the country's Superior Court of Justice ruled in favour of the federal tax authority in its appeal against an injunction granted in March suspending…

May 3, 2012

Brazil mining investment to top $75 billion by 2016

Brazilian investment in mining is about to shatter a five-year record.

May 2, 2012

New watchwords at BHP: sequencing, discipline, cash flow

BHP Billiton addressed shareholder concerns about its ambitious investment plans in four mega-projects on Wednesday saying it will match capital expenditures closely with cash flows and stagger the project pipeline.

May 2, 2012

US metal and industrial metal mine salaries for 2011

There is no such thing as an average miner.  There is no such thing as an average salary.  Yet we can get some idea of how well mining people are…

May 1, 2012

Scientific rationality aside, metals prices are about to turn for the better-Ecclestone

It may not be a first order recovery for mining project financing, but there are more than a few reasons to be cheerful in the mining space, Hallgarten's Christopher Ecclestone…

April 30, 2012

Fascinating video: growth of shipping around the globe over the past 250 years

Cool.

April 30, 2012

Canada becoming world class iron ore region, copper to rally H2 -Scotiabank’s Mohr

China's push to diversify its supplies away from the big three iron ore miners is propelling development that will transform Canada's Nunavut/Labrador Trough into a world-class iron ore region.

April 30, 2012

Iron ore billionaire plans to rebuild the Titanic and run against Deputy Prime Minister

Clive Palmer, who made his fortune through securing access to 160 billion tonnes of iron ore reserves in the Pilbara Ranges, plans to rebuild the Titanic and contest the seat…