November 4, 2016 South32 scoops up Peabody’s Metropolitan coal mine in $200m deal The deal includes a 17% interest in the Port Kembla Coal Terminal, south of Sydney.
November 4, 2016 6 reasons coking coal price will tank Number 1: Producers have negotiated quarterly contracts $70 below the spot price.
November 4, 2016 Rio’s Simandou sale ‘could crush the price of iron ore’ "It would of obvious strategic benefit for China to control a major iron ore deposit and add new supply to discipline the market."
November 4, 2016 Will permanent magnets save the rare earth industry? The permanent magnet and catalyst sectors will continue to provide the largest markets for rare earths in the next ten years to 2026.
November 3, 2016 Glencore did better as commodity trader than miner in Q3 While output was down for most commodities it mines and sales, it has improved earnings forecast for its trading unit.
November 2, 2016 Coal price rally bypassing US miners As seaborne coking (up 227% year-to-date) and thermal coal (up 128%) continue to rally, decline in US domestic prices, exports resume long-term down trend.
November 1, 2016 Glencore to reopen yet another coal mine in Australia The move comes only a few days after it resumed operations at Collinsville mine in Australia's Queensland state.
November 1, 2016 Vale may reconsider selling $10 billion in core assets — report If prices for the commodities it mines continue to pick up, the firm must cancel plans to sell some of its best assets.
November 1, 2016 Copper price extends rally on China surprise Chinese gauge of manufacturing activity "unambiguously upbeat, consistent with broader evidence that economy is in the midst of a cyclical recovery"
November 1, 2016 15 dead, several trapped in coal mining explosion in western China China's coal mines continue to be among the deadliest in the world.
ERG earmarks $1B for Kazakhstan operations Operations of the private, Luxembourg-headquartered miner in Kazakhstan represent more than one-third of the country’s metals and mining industry. January 23, 2026 | 09:36 am