March 30, 2015 Fresh iron ore price plunge Iron ore price falls more than 2% on Monday bringing 2015 losses to 25%. Next stop $45 a tonne says new report.
March 30, 2015 BHP wants strikes to be ‘last resource’ for workers The mining giant has also asked for local laws to be flexible enough to keep pace with other countries.
March 27, 2015 Five companies in Australia’s Cooper Basin worth watching: Canaccord Genuity’s Johan Hedstrom Canaccord Genuity energy analyst Johan Hedstrom is tasked with scouring the Australian oil patch looking for good deals even as prices slip and slide.
March 27, 2015 Chinese miners keep digging for iron ore despite most losing money The situation, industry officials said Friday, can’t continue for much longer.
March 26, 2015 Iron ore price output caps called ‘hare brained’ Rio's Sam Walsh says any scheme to artificially prop up prices hovering at six-year lows is "physically not going to work."
March 26, 2015 $60 billion for mining private equity a myth Looking for an exit or a lifeline? Look further says $8 billion fund manager.
March 26, 2015 Glencore shutting down its West Wallsend coal mine in Australia The firm said poor coal prices meant it would not make sense to extend the life of the mine.
March 25, 2015 Mining private equity: It’s Davis or bust? Until Mick Davis pulls the trigger on X2's $5.6 billion, wishful thinking and unhealthy skepticism will pervade talk around private equity and mining.
March 25, 2015 Australia’s regulator goes after Fortescue for demanding iron ore output cap The competition watchdog did not welcome chairman Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest call for rivals Rio, BHP and Vale to agree to cap production.
March 24, 2015 Rio Tinto, Alcoa step aside for Australia’s largest national park They'll hand back more than 175,000 hectares of prime conservation land they have held since 1971 to West Australia, ditching plans to build a bauxite mine and an alumina refinery…
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