November 7, 2016 Weak commodities put infrastructure growth in emerging markets at risk — BMI Countries heavily reliant on their extractive sectors need to step up efforts to lure investors or they will see their infrastructure sectors stalled, warn analysts.
November 7, 2016 Copper price jumps to 6-month high Underperforming bellwether joins industrial metals party.
November 4, 2016 South32 scoops up Peabody’s Metropolitan coal mine in $200m deal The deal includes a 17% interest in the Port Kembla Coal Terminal, south of Sydney.
November 4, 2016 6 reasons coking coal price will tank Number 1: Producers have negotiated quarterly contracts $70 below the spot price.
November 4, 2016 Rio’s Simandou sale ‘could crush the price of iron ore’ "It would of obvious strategic benefit for China to control a major iron ore deposit and add new supply to discipline the market."
November 4, 2016 Will permanent magnets save the rare earth industry? The permanent magnet and catalyst sectors will continue to provide the largest markets for rare earths in the next ten years to 2026.
November 3, 2016 Glencore did better as commodity trader than miner in Q3 While output was down for most commodities it mines and sales, it has improved earnings forecast for its trading unit.
November 2, 2016 Coal price rally bypassing US miners As seaborne coking (up 227% year-to-date) and thermal coal (up 128%) continue to rally, decline in US domestic prices, exports resume long-term down trend.
November 1, 2016 Glencore to reopen yet another coal mine in Australia The move comes only a few days after it resumed operations at Collinsville mine in Australia's Queensland state.
November 1, 2016 Vale may reconsider selling $10 billion in core assets — report If prices for the commodities it mines continue to pick up, the firm must cancel plans to sell some of its best assets.
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