January 13, 2015

Copper price plummets as commodities drop to 12-year low

Copper price slumps 5% to lowest since July 2009 on Tuesday as worries about global growth overwhelms industrial metals markets.

January 13, 2015

Sandvik unveils new mid-range mining crushers

Part of the firm's CH800 series of mining cone crushers, the two models aim to help improve productivity and profitability in the mid-range segment.

January 12, 2015

China’s green ban hitting Aussie coal exporters hard

Australia exports as much as 49 million tonnes of thermal coal a year to China.

January 12, 2015

Battle for control of Asia Resource heats up

Its chairman Bob Kamandanu decided to step down only weeks ahead of a vote proposed by largest shareholder Samin Tan to replace most directors and take the reins at the…

January 9, 2015

Copper price touches 63-month low

Chinese deflation fears pulls copper price down to $2.73 a pound, lowest since September 2009.

January 9, 2015

Proposed B.C. coal mine to rely mostly on foreign workers, cost almost double

More than half the employees at Murray River coal mine be temporary foreign workers in 2018.

January 9, 2015

China lifts rare earths export quota, but grip still remains

Beijing accepts defeat in WTO case and lifts export quota, but will now focus on rare earth export licences and taxes.

January 9, 2015

CHARTS: Iron ore price won’t withstand 2015 supply flood

Dozens of mines closed last year but another 175 million tonnes will have to drop out to neutralize 2015 output growth, which unlike copper is de-risked.

January 8, 2015

Platinum, palladium prices in 2015: Start your engines

The stars will again align for a rise in PGM prices in 2015, but all bets are off if... Putin.

January 7, 2015

India’s rocketing iron ore imports

Still minuscule compared to China, but the subcontinent is now a net importer compared to shipments of 120 million tonnes per year before.