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No commodity is more exposed to China and the iron ore price is up 20% from its 2015 low. Has the steelmaking raw material become a leading indicator?

New statue depicting the bull's triumph over the bear is drawing crowds and raising eyebrows.

Commodity investing legend says the Chinese market is on its way to "finding a good bottom."

The Congress-led investigation aims to determine the agency’s role in triggering a 3-million-gallon toxic spill into Colorado’s Animas River on Aug. 5.

Despite current adverse conditions, advisory firm Behre Dolbear is recommending mining stakeholders to focus on markets that have been able to ride the wave relatively well so far.

As prices for the company's four key "pillar" commodities —iron ore, metallurgical coal, copper and oil and gas — have all dropped to multi-year lows in the past 12 months.

We're not in 2008 – plotting global economic growth against commodity prices shows metals and mining sell-off is disconnected from realities on the ground.

Canadian junior and mid-tier mining companies also raised 62% more capital in the second quarter than in 2014.

The price for the two assets could rise to $500m from $200m, depending on an eventual recovery of copper prices and the execution of an expansion plan for the Mantoverde mine.