May 19, 2014 $20bn Rio Tinto-Guinea deal on Simandou close Rio Tinto CEO Sam Walsh says agreement on funding and execution of $20 billion Simandou iron ore project will "inject new momentum".
May 19, 2014 Iron ore price drops to double digits "Now that we broke through $100, I think that's a very bearish sign. It shows you there's a lot of supply around"
May 18, 2014 Africa FDI at decade high Foreign direct investment is shifting from extractive industries to consumer-related sectors according to new report.
May 18, 2014 MIT developing platinum replacement A team of scientists is working on a process to replace platinum-group metals (PGMs) with more widely available elements.
May 18, 2014 Global mining deals picking up, but far from returning to boom times Companies’ low valuation, the current focus on operational efficiency in the mining sector, and the chase for overseas assets by Chinese investors, are pushing deals up.
May 16, 2014 Iron ore price crashes to $100 on China steel crisis Iron ore price gives up 2% on Friday falling to a 21-month low as Chinese steel price drops to record low.
May 16, 2014 World’s largest platinum mine to remain shut for months on S. Africa strike Impala Platinum (Implats) has lost about 246,000 ounces of production of the metal since the strike started,
May 16, 2014 Inaccurate Reuters news story misrepresented statements in Ivanhoe Mines news release regarding ongoing development of the company’s Kamoa Copper discovery and Kipushi Mine upgrading Reuters' statements implied that the development of Kamoa and Kipushi is an all-at-once, or not-at-all, proposition. That's not true.
May 15, 2014 Eric Sprott: Gold shortage coming, data shows When the West runs out of gold, the price should go much higher.
May 15, 2014 Ivanhoe studies options for African projects facing funding crunch, shares plunge The Kamoa and Kipushi projects make up 83% of the Ivanhoe's net asset value.
Iamgold’s Lemelin thanks mentor for Africa option Bruno Lemelin recalls his first Iamgold boss urging him to join Essakane in Burkina Faso as regional politics began to unravel. December 26, 2025 | 05:00 am
