MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week

An Italian professor at the Politecnico di Milano says that there could be an iron throne right below the apex of the Pyramid of Cheops, located in Giza.

BHP's iron ore output climbed to 72 million tonnes for the three months ended Dec. 31 versus 70 million tonnes a year ago.

During a meeting with investors and analysts in Sao Paulo, Vale’s investor relations director, André Figueiredo, said it seemed “natural” for his company to become the sole owner of the project.

Federal prosecutors announced ruling in a statement that said electricity transmission lines and a bauxite pipeline damaged soil and silted up rivers.

On Tuesday Global miner Rio Tinto reported a 1 percent rise in iron ore shipments for 2017 to 330.1 million tonnes, meeting its guidance.

Hunger for high-quality iron ore from Australia and Brazil pushed Chinese imports of the steelmaking ingredient to a record high in 2017.

China’s global resource grab, and the ramifications for the rest of the world, are on my radar screen. Are they on yours? If not, maybe they should be.

Data obtained from the Arkyd-6 will be use in the development of the Arkyd-301, Planetary Resources next spacecraft platform and the beginning of its space resource exploration program.

The terminal expects to clear all remaining vessels from its harbour as safety measure after tropical cyclone intensified off nation's western coast.