September 3, 2013

Singapore launching swaps as met coal price reaches 3-month high

Premium Australian coking coal hits $147.40 Tuesday, up 10% over the past month.

September 3, 2013

Copper price jumps again as global manufacturing gathers pace

Robust numbers from China. and UK output strongest in two decades are followed Tuesday by laggards Italy and Spain joining the recovery and signs of demand outstripping supply emerging in…

September 2, 2013

Ashton Coal’s proposed mine ‘not in public interest’, Aussies say

Hunter Valley residents claim the proposed mine will pollute the environment, damaging other regional industries.

September 2, 2013

Copper hits three-week high on China data

After two different surveys showed China’s manufacturing sector improved last month.

August 30, 2013

Australia’s Perilya likely to be swallowed by Chinese firm, its major shareholder

Deal worth around US$180 million.

August 30, 2013

Simandou start-up delayed to late 2018

$22 billion 95 million tonnes per year project won't be adding to looming iron ore supply glut.

August 30, 2013

FEATURE: The Ore Wars 2003 – 2013

Forget gold's bull run. The iron ore trade's transformation from a relic of the industrial age is the mining story of the decade.

August 30, 2013

War in Syria will send gold ‘much, much higher’: Jim Rogers

'It sounds like America is desperate to have a war."

August 29, 2013

Rare earths recycling on the rise

New US facility to recycle REE from fluorescent lamps.

August 29, 2013

The world’s 10 largest copper expansion projects

Copper top 10.