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".
December 2, 2016 Gold price slump puts Barrick’s Super Pit deal with Minjar at risk The Chinese miner is also having a hard time trying to convince Western lenders of financing part of the deal.
December 1, 2016 CHARTS: Death of the coking coal contract Coking coal prices retreated on Friday, but only slightly, holding above $300 a tonne after two months of insane gains.
December 1, 2016 Glencore to resume dividend in 2017 as debt reduction on track Soaring coal prices have helped Glencore, the world’s biggest provider of the thermal kind, straighten its balance sheet.
November 30, 2016 Mining accidents in China to spike as country digs more coal In the last week alone, seven miners have been killed and 22 others remain trapped, following two accidents in local coal operations.
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
