December 11, 2016 New WA iron mine to start production in H1 2017 A new iron ore facility in Western Australia expects to start mining in early 2017.
December 9, 2016 Brazil grants operating license to Vale’s massive S11D iron ore mine Mine is set to start operations by the end of the year, with first shipment set for January 2017.
December 9, 2016 Iron ore soars past $80 a tonne The steelmaking raw material is up 85% this year, or more than double its December 2015 price.
December 9, 2016 Fresh shake-up at Rio Tinto in aftermath of bribery probe Russian-Canadian Vera Kirikova will become human resources group executive while Simone Niven will assume the corporate relations group executive post.
December 8, 2016 Coking coal price savaged – biggest drop in 17 months Just as quarterly benchmark negotiations between miners and Japanese steel mills kick off, the coking coal price comes off the boil.
December 8, 2016 Anglo American about to make key decision on South African assets sale While the miner is not longer being pressed to include its platinum assets in the divestment plan, the issue of how to package mines and which ones to include, remains…
December 7, 2016 Rio Tinto says halt of copper shipments from Oyu Tolgoi ‘a bump in the road’ Chief executive Jean-Sebastian Jacques comments come as the company had to suspend shipments from the Mongolian mine last week.
December 6, 2016 World’s top single mine iron ore firm needs 500–600 workers Pilbara's Roy Hill is ramping up to 55m tonnes per year capacity.
December 5, 2016 Glencore becomes sole owner of Newlands, Collinsville coal mines in Australia After buying ought out its two Japanese partners, Itochu Corp and Sumitomo Corp.
December 4, 2016 Giant Australian coal mine near Reef one step closer Indian conglomerate's $16 billion Carmichael coal mine in Queensland clears "final major State and Federal Government approval".
Copper price racks up longest rally since 2017 with bulls at the helm Futures have rallied by more than 40% this year, setting up the biggest annual advance since 2009. December 30, 2025 | 09:12 am
