Iron ore price hits 10-year high on rising steel demand

The latest ban would affect not only Vedanta but also several small unlisted companies run by local families.

The Northwest Territories and Nunavut, two of the three regions with the lowest income per capita, will see exploration investment to drop again in 2018, Natural Resources Canada says.

South Africa’s top gold producer has secured a 38% stake in DRDGold in exchange for some of its assets, which boosts the mid-tier gold miner’s reserves by 91% to 5.7 million ounces.

Company has agreed to sell its 80% stake in the Kestrel mine to a consortium comprising of private equity manager EMR Capital and Indonesian coal company Adaro Energy.

The maintenance activity, originally scheduled for April, comes amid media reports that thousands had taken to the streets and shut shops in Thootukudi to protest against the expansion of the smelter.

Under new measures unveiled by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's office on Tuesday, the Canada Border Services Agency will gain new powers to stop companies that try to dodge duties.

The accident killed 19 people, left hundreds homeless and unemployed and caused sludge to wash downstream into the neighbouring state of Espírito Santo.

The company amended its guidance to around 65 per cent of the average benchmark Platts 62 CFR index.

The are two main factors that appear to be emerging that may threaten an end to the current quite rosy picture surrounding demand for commodities such as iron ore, steel and the metals most exposed to the battery boom, cobalt, lithium and nickel.