May 7, 2018

Biggest miner says China’s shift to quality iron-ore will hold

BHP forecasts reforms in China’s steel sector will continue to hand an advantage to suppliers of higher-quality iron ore and coking coal as consumption of the alloy keeps growing well…

May 7, 2018

Indonesia sees coal output flat in 2019 amid equipment shortage

Amid concerns Indonesia could exhaust existing minable coal reserves of 13 billion tonnes 25 years, the government is considering measures to push miners to carry out exploration work before they…

May 6, 2018

China’s iron ore rises on renewed steel output; 2nd day of foreign trade

Utilisation rate at mills climb back to November level.

May 6, 2018

Qatar steps in to buy Rosneft stake after China deal collapses

Qatar Investment Authority stepped in after the sellers -- a consortium of QIA itself and mining giant Glencore Plc -- told CEFC it wouldn’t proceed with the original deal announced…

May 6, 2018

Coal mine deaths climb to 23 in southwest Pakistan – officials

At least 16 miners died on Saturday and more than a dozen were trapped after an explosion in a mine in the Marwar coalfields.

May 4, 2018

Anglo American to end investment in deep sea mining company Nautilus

Anglo has a 4 per cent stake in Toronto-listed Nautilus.

May 4, 2018

WGC latest report shows how weak gold demand has been this year

Global demand dropped so much between January and March that the period became the weakest first quarter since the 2008 financial crisis.

May 3, 2018

China opens iron ore market to the world in pricing, image push

China to allow foreign investors in iron ore futures from Friday.

May 2, 2018

Mongolian Copper Corp considers international fight for Erdenet mine

State seeks enforced acquisition of MCC's Erdenet stake.

May 2, 2018

Vedanta considers building zinc smelter in South Africa

Company is accelerating expansion of its African zinc operations to take advantage of a surge in zinc prices.