January 27, 2015 Cliffs restructures Bloom Lake iron ore mine, seeks creditor protection Chief Executive Lourenco Goncalves said restructuring proceedings have begun in Montreal and sale options will be explored.
January 27, 2015 China’s gold imports plummet Down nearly a third in 2014 as anti-corruption drive curbs conspicuous consumption and investment money flows into Shanghai stock market.
January 27, 2015 Freeport-McMoRan slashes capital spending, to divest stake in Indonesian unit The U.S. largest miner by market value and revenue has already slashed its capital budget for the year by $2bn and it is ready to make further cuts.
January 27, 2015 Commodity prices hit Caterpillar profit — down 25% CAT keeps slashing costs as it tries to offset issues out of its control, such as the falling price for everything from iron ore to oil.
January 26, 2015 Rio Tinto to drop Oyu Tolgoi $1.6bn royalty if expansion gets ok from Mongolia Documents obtained and verified by The Australian, show that Rio Tinto offered Mongolia to forsake a “net smelter return” of 2% cent of the project’s revenue.
January 26, 2015 Mongolia’s bonds slump with copper as spat with Rio stalls mine Mongolia’s dollar bonds and currency sank to record lows this month as a slide in commodity prices and a dispute with Rio Tinto Group over developing one of the world’s…
January 26, 2015 Cliffs Natural removes quarterly dividend to repay debt It also said it has reduced its net debt balance by more than $400 million.
January 23, 2015 Centerra a step closer to moving gold project in Mongolia forward The country’s parliament has designated its Gatsuurt Project as strategically important, paving the way for Centerra's application for the necessary approvals.
January 23, 2015 Baja Mining’s long-delayed and almost dead El Boleo finally reaches production Red metal output at the mine, over 18 months behind schedule and $750 million over budget, is expected to ramp-up by July.
January 21, 2015 Global mining sector ended 2014 on a disappointing note: report December is a period that sees lower levels of exploration and resource announcements, and last month was every bit as disappointing as expected, an SNL report shows.
China pledges to control steel output during 2026-2030 period In the first 11 months of 2025, China's crude steel output fell 4% from a year earlier. December 27, 2025 | 08:20 am
