Iron ore soars past $70 a tonne

Sector blames delays in environmental approvals and decreased demand of commodities from overseas.

Despite record production figures, the world’s no.1 miner's shares dropped in the ASX today.

Study shows the market is expected to grow more than 8% a year through 2017.

The Hiroshima analogy.

Investors should worry less about the right balance of specific commodities and more about the right mix of early-stage, development-stage and producing companies.

The Australian miner has been eager to find a partner for some time now.

The Bundesbank's plans to repatriate half of its 2,343 tonnes of gold reserves held overseas, is off to a very slow start.

More than 55% of last year's exploration projects were located in these countries.

Suncor and authorities are investigating.