April 10, 2017

Coking coal price soars past $300

Coking coal price has doubled in two weeks – storm damage to rail lines could affect Australian exports for another four weeks.

April 10, 2017

Iron ore prices keep falling despite a decrease in China’s inventories

After a 85% rise in 2016, iron ore prices are now down 3.2% so far this year, which has placed the commodity in a bear market.

April 7, 2017

Yancoal poised to become one of Australia’s top three coal producers

By the end of 2017, Yancoal Australia may become one of the top three coal producers in this country.

April 7, 2017

Coking coal price close to $300 a tonne on Australian disruptions

Coking coal prices gained 86% to $283.10 a tonne this week, the biggest gain in four years.

April 7, 2017

Iron ore miners shares drop as prices collapse

Ore with 62% content in Qingdao fell almost 7% overnight, entering a bear market and erasing all of this year’s gains.

April 6, 2017

INFOGRAPHIC: Animation – The world’s population in 2100 by region

The following animated chart is based on data and projections from the U.N. Population Division, and it shows the evolving population share by region between 1950 and 2100.

April 5, 2017

Cyclone damage causes BHP to declare force majeure in Australia

The miner said it won't meet its coal export commitments due to the damage caused by cyclone Debbie, which struck Australia’s north-east coast last week.

April 4, 2017

Iron ore drops below $80 a tonne again

So far this year, the commodity has risen just 0.6%, quite far from the over 20% gains seen just over a month ago.

April 3, 2017

Search for ship containing 260,000 tonnes of iron ore continues

The Stellar Daisy, which set out from the a port in Brazil to China, last made contact on Friday. 22 out of the 24 crew members are still unaccounted for.

April 3, 2017

Cyclone Debbie disrupts $3.2bn of Australian coal exports

Damage to rail lines in cyclone-hit Queensland have disrupted the shipment of between 15 million and 20 million tonnes of coking coal destined to Asia.