Iron ore nose-dives, hits fresh lows of $44.6 per tonne
Chinese import price for 62% iron content fines at the port of Qinqdao lost $5.01 or 10.01% of its value to $44.59 a tonne, the largest percentage drop on record.
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SNL Energy’s latest coal forecast, and gas-fired generation overtakes coal burn for 1st time
Coal market prices continued to trade under pressure in June, with weather retaining shoulder-season qualities in the primary coal using regions.
UN Human Rights unit roasts Canada over mining, aboriginal treatment
The human rights committee is currently meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, ahead of finalizing its report and is hearing from Canadian non-government groups, including Amnesty, and from the federal government.
S. Africa campaigners jump all over Marikana killings report
They claim the official report on the police killing of 34 striking miners in 2012 is a "gross defamation" of those who died.
INFOGRAPHIC – Crisis investing: How 14 asset classes performed in times of distress
Today's infographic compares how 14 different asset classes have performed during the last five crises.
China panic crushes mining stocks
Billions wiped from mining sector as gold, silver prices fall and copper, iron ore prices plummet to 2009 levels amid Chinese stock market collapse.
HM The Queen meets pump royalty – the WARMAN® centrifugal slurry pump
Her Majesty The Queen was shown a scale model of the world famous Warman® slurry pump on a visit to the Weir Advanced Research Centre (WARC) at the University of Strathclyde’s Technology and Innovation Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.
Copper prices hit 6-year low, blame China
As high volatility in the Chinese stock-market reinforced worries of a dropping demand from the nation, the world’s top metals consumer.
ESCO ® Launches Game Changing SecureLift ™ Lifting System
ESCO’s mining team is proud to make the SecureLift Lifting System commercially available today.
