Japan utilities, Glencore set annual coal contract at $110/T

The 14-months long investigation ended on April 10, with BHP accepting the charge of “causing an offensive odour,” and the EPA releasing just a single tweet about it.

The sale would put an end to Goldman’s rocky involvement in raw-materials production.

The failed deal was supposed to allow Turquoise Hill to finally break ties with the Mongolian coal miner that was once worth over $2.4 billion.

Uranium has been on a tear recently. Stocks are going up fast in the sector. Even large companies like uranium miner Cameco have seen a double-digit move up in a month.

If the miner buys any assets this year, it would be Rio's first acquisition in about three years.

Only primary producers like Peabody will be excluded from investment portfolio so a BHP or Glencore could still make the grade. Met coal also fine.

Minerals are the bedrock of the manufacturing industry.

Chief executive Ivan Glasenberg said growing demand for cheap energy will secure demand for coal.

But the miner revised down its 2015 U.S. iron ore sales and production volume estimate to 20.5 million tons, from its previous guidance for 22 million tons