Iron ore soars past $80 a tonne
The steelmaking raw material is up 85% this year, or more than double its December 2015 price.
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Sibanye Gold expands platinum assets by buying Stillwater in $2.2bn deal
Together with reducing Sibanye’s dependence on its aging South African assets, the deal will make the company the world's third largest palladium producer, the company said.
Fresh shake-up at Rio Tinto in aftermath of bribery probe
Russian-Canadian Vera Kirikova will become human resources group executive while Simone Niven will assume the corporate relations group executive post.
Time to take Trump seriously on infrastructure spending?
Earlier I shared with you that when it comes to President-elect Donald Trump, the media takes him literally but not seriously. His supporters, on the other hand, take him seriously but not always literally.
Big drop in South Africa platinum output
The African nation produces some 70% of the globe's platinum.
Copper price jump: China concentrate imports hit record
Copper price up 37% from January's six-year low as Chinese concentrate and ore imports surge.
Coking coal price savaged – biggest drop in 17 months
Just as quarterly benchmark negotiations between miners and Japanese steel mills kick off, the coking coal price comes off the boil.
MMG’s Las Bambas copper mine forced to file new environmental plan
The move is part of the new government's strategy to rebuild trust on the project following deadly protests that halted exports from the mine in October.
Cenovus resuming Christina Lake oil sands expansion, boosts capex
Construction of the 50,000-barrel-a-day expansion will begin in the first half of 2017, the company said.
