January 13, 2016 Iron ore price drops back below $40 Iron ore price already down 8% in 2016, despite a surge in Chinese imports to 96 million tonnes in December, pushing 2015 cargoes to an all-time high.
January 13, 2016 South32 mulls acquisition of Anglo’s $1bn business in Brazil Company is said to have sent out requests to investment banks as it seeks to hire an adviser to assist in the bidding process for Anglo American's niobium and phosphate…
January 13, 2016 INFOGRAPHIC: Animation – the most populous countries in the world, over 100 years Today's animation shows how the world's most populous countries will change over the coming years.
January 12, 2016 Anglo American officially out of the Middle East The miner has finally completed the sale of assets from its Tarmac joint venture to a subsidiary of French engineering and construction group Bouygues.
January 11, 2016 Calling Queensland’s best and brightest mining contractors Submissions for the Queensland Mining Contractor Awards open today, with entries welcomed across innovation, cost and time saving, product development, engagement and equal opportunity categories.
January 8, 2016 Political risk seen on the rise in these key mining markets Major commodity-producing countries are set to remain under intense finance strain in 2016, which will increase the risk of social unrest, says Verisk Maplecroft.
January 7, 2016 Iron ore prices to fall back into the $30s — Citi Prices fell Thursday for a second consecutive session. According to Metal Bulletin, the spot price for benchmark 62% fines dropped by 0.46%, or 20 cents, to $42.91 a tonne.
January 5, 2016 Iron ore price 16% rally off decade low comes to abrupt halt Hopes pinned on Big 4 to exercise their "unprecedented pricing power".
January 5, 2016 Miners, commodities traders brace for La Niña The last time the weather event was present, it wrought havoc on the mining industry in Australia, with thermal and coking coal mines in Queensland hit by flooding from cyclones…
January 4, 2016 Gold advanced during 2015 in most major currencies Gold advanced in both Canadian and Australian dollars, rocketed higher in Argentine pesos and Brazilian real, climbed higher in Mexican pesos, Russian Rubles, South African Rand, Turkish Lira and Ukrainian…
Japanese copper smelters still in talks for 2026 charges with miners Fees paid by miners to turn concentrate into refined metal have come under pressure as global smelting capacity expands faster than mined supply. January 22, 2026 | 07:16 am
