Russell: Rising iron ore supply may cool prices where China jawboning fails

Iron ore shipments to China from the world's biggest iron ore port totalled 35.5 million tonnes in August, up from July's 32.4 million tonnes.

MINING.com interviewed the Minerals Council of Australia CEO.

Aluminum prices jumped in April after the U.S. announced sanctions on Rusal, the top supplier outside of China.

Drilling at new projects up 57% as spending on gold exploration reaches 21-year high.

State-run JSW and Australia's Prairie, which is developing mines in Poland, have been in cooperation talks for much of this year but JSW wants control.

Assore reported a 1.9 percent fall in annual profit on Thursday as a strong rand currency offset favourable commodity prices and higher sales.

Chinese coking coal futures rose their most in a month on Thursday, buoyed by firm physical prices.

ArcelorMittal signed a preliminary agreement last year to buy Ilva, which has the largest steel-producing capacity in Europe.

Contracts held by investors in China's iron ore futures have fallen to the lowest in more than three years.