Our four favourite charts from PWC’s mining industry survey

Close to 17% of forecast 2015 US coal production is at risk of idling or closure, totalling 162 million short tons (Mst), as these mine's total cash costs plus sustaining capital expenditures exceed current market pricing, according to Wood Mackenzie's latest coal market outlook.

Since Tommy regularly spends time with the sharpest minds of the natural resource sector (Lundin, Gisutra, Casey, etc.), we know how valuable his perspective is.

Board proposes to give shareholders one share in the $12bn spin-off company for every BHP share owned, but the whole process comes with hefty fees.

Former Anglo-exec running hedge fund's mining business wants to follow up Talvivaara nickel acquisition with zinc, nickel, copper and coking coal deals.

The plug should be pulled on these marginal junior miners, say investors.

Norway’s Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG), the world’s richest sovereign wealth fund, divested from over 50 coal companies in 2014, new analysis has revealed.

"We're probably at the point now where at the current rate of fill we are going to run out of room in Cushing by next month."

Manufacturing production should continue to accelerate, growing 3.0% over the next two quarters

We don't have that level of detail on Russia. Russia is one of the largest producers in the world. Any deviation from the broad assumption of production not dropping this year in Russia could be very meaningful.