May 12, 2015

This is how BHP plans to be the world’s lowest-cost iron ore miner

CEO Andrew Mackenzie announced the firm would cut capital and exploration expenditure to $9 billion in the 2016 financial year from $12.6 billion in 2015.

May 12, 2015

Spot uranium price ignores fundamentals

The main reason for price correction may not be the growing demand but the producers’ inability to meet the consumers’ price expectations.

May 11, 2015

Chris Mancini’s high-quality gold miners that have positioned themselves well in the downturn

Mancini advises investors to go for the best of the best: gold miners with cash flow, great balance sheets, low costs and good management.

May 11, 2015

Iron ore price rally gains steam

Chinese import prices surge more than 3% to 10-week high after Beijing's surprise rate cut boosts industry prospects.

May 11, 2015

Rio’s new coal chief sees commodity recovery in the ‘very’ far distance

Jean-Sébastien Jacques thinks it will take three to four years for thermal coal prices to recover.

May 11, 2015

It’s war! Fortescue boss calls Australians to oppose BHP, Rio iron ore plans

Forrest is blaming BHP and Rio for a fall in the price of iron ore as the pair continue to ramp up production.

May 8, 2015

Global CO2 levels reach historic record

The monthly global average concentration of CO2 in March was the highest since scientists began tracking this greenhouse gas in the global atmosphere.

May 8, 2015

Forget Uranium. Real reason behind PM Modi’s Mongolia visit is China

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made a master move in deciding to undertake an official visit to Mongolia this week.

May 8, 2015

China delays flake graphite restarts

Much of China’s flake graphite production remains offline following a prolonged suspension of operations in many areas due to severe winter conditions.

May 8, 2015

Rare Earth Salts close to commercialization of separation technology

Work has begun on testing process flow modeling for separations processing and commercial component feasibility. The test work aims to prove process flows and the scalability of RES’ proprietary separations…