June 17, 2014 Freeport, Indonesia make headway towards settling copper exports impasse The parts agreed on basic framework for contract renegotiations for Grasberg mine.
June 17, 2014 Rare earth prices have turned Don't underestimate Beijing's resolve to crack down on its dirty, low-tech industry and the effect it will have on supply and prices says two new reports.
June 17, 2014 Less correlation among commodities demands more careful selection: Philip Richards Commodities from coal to gold once traded in close correlation, but today the graph looks helter-skelter.
June 16, 2014 Iron ore price crashes through $90 Iron ore and steel prices are approaching levels last seen during the height of the financial crisis.
June 16, 2014 New Zealand may approve underwater mine this week Trans Tasman Resource project will vacuum iron-rich seafloor sands, to later extract the desired titano-magnetite for export to Asian steel mills.
June 13, 2014 Centerra Gold won’t shut down Kumtor mine, plan approved The government of Kyrgyzstan has approved Centerra's mine plan for 2014, after the company threatened to shut operations at the country's largest gold deposit.
June 12, 2014 The iron ore price is falling again Shares in producers are dumped after price of iron ore falls 2% to fresh 22-month on more bad economic news from top consumer China.
June 12, 2014 Asia Resource Minerals CEO von Schirnding steps down The company, until recently known as Bumi, has named independent director Amir Sambodo as Nick von Schirnding’s successor.
June 11, 2014 Report: Thermal coal price forecasts too pessimistic Macquarie says sub-$65 unlikely because first Indonesian and then Australian producers will drop out of the market around these levels.
June 10, 2014 Canadians losing enthusiasm for building closer ties with Asia In 2013, 45% of Canadian surveyed said they felt Chinese investment would benefit Canada. In 2014, that number dropped to 35% in 2014, the lowest in a decade.
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
