December 16, 2014 China lowers coal export levies to boost ailing economy The country will cut export tariffs for coal from Jan. 1 as part of broader efforts to drive economic growth.
December 16, 2014 Deep-sea mining pioneer now hunts for resources in space Julian Malnic, the founder of world's first deep-sea miner Nautilus Minerals has joined the board of Deep Space Industries.
December 15, 2014 Newcrest, Harmony set to build one of the world’s lowest-cost gold mines The revised plan for their jointly-owned Wafi-Golpu in PNG will require an initial capital spending cost of $2.3 billion.
December 15, 2014 Australia sees iron ore at $60 as commodities hit budget Australia estimates iron ore will trade at about $60 a metric ton as the biggest slump in the nation’s terms of trade since records began more than 50 years ago…
December 12, 2014 PIC OF THE DAY: Gina Rinehart is an oil painting The larger than life queen of coal and iron ore and her favourite daughter sit down for a feast.
December 11, 2014 A big boys game: BHP ships 1bn tonnes iron ore to China BHP's first ore left Port Hedland in 1973, but 900m tonnes where shipped just over the last 12 years.
December 11, 2014 BHP moves away from iron ore to focus on new darling: copper Forget iron ore for now, the world’s largest mining company is making a bold bet on copper.
December 11, 2014 Move over Alrosa, Rio Tinto wants to drive growth in India’s diamond sector The miner hinted its 30-year partnership with the Indian diamond industry makes it the best fit to drive the sector’s growth in the country.
December 10, 2014 Glencore’s Glasenberg slams top iron ore producers once again In his first investor day since buying Xstrata last year, Glencore’s boss highlighted his company’s spread of commodities and took aim at the expansion strategies of Rio Tinto and BHP…
December 9, 2014 Larger players account for 40% of global exploration budgets A study of about 40 explorers budgeting at least US$50 million total shows the larger players allocated a total of US$4.33 billion and accounted for 40% of the US$10.74 billion…
South32 posts nearly 17% jump in quarterly manganese output The world's biggest manganese producer produced 1.3 million wet metric tons of the steel additive for the December quarter. January 21, 2026 | 02:06 pm
