Vale asks US court to force Steinmetz to pay $2bn award

The steelmaking ingredient has shed almost $10 a tonne in just a week.

Vale said the US District Court for the Southern District of New York annulled the majority of a class action lawsuit against the company and executives over the 2015 deadly accident.

There are three key components to building a mine, starting with a competent, experienced management team.

The most exciting news from a mining exploration stock is a high-grade drilling result.

Canada’s Nautilus Minerals is getting closer to kicking off operations at its Solwara 1 gold, copper and silver project off the coast of Papua Guinea.

China’s premier Li Keqiang and Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull sign port and railway deal opening up vast new iron ore resources.

Denver is the global capital of private capital raising for investment in the metals and mining sector.

Prices for the raw material have dropped below $90 a tonne as doubts gather about the strength of demand in China at stockpiles hit record highs.

"Investors are willing to back their positive sentiment towards natural resources with fresh capital commitments," says new study.