Iron ore price jumps 5% after Vale suspension

"We challenge dated stereotypes about jobs in the resources industry.”

BHP is not the first major player to flag green shoots in the mining industry. Caterpillar, the world's largest heavy machinery maker, said the same last month.

Jim Umpleby, group president for energy and transportation, will succeed Oberhelman as chief executive.

Western Australia, which hosts the Pilbara iron ore belt, has a 67% chance of getting more than the average 11 tropical cyclones from November to April.

The move comes about 17 months after her children — John Hancock and Bianca Rinehart — won control of the family fund.

Advocacy groups are taking issue at the Mining Arch of the Orinoco River National Development Strategic Zone.

South Africa has granted the miner, a unit of Anglo American, previously disputed mining rights at the operation, ending a seven-year dispute.

Chinese traders back from week-long holiday continue to chase steelmaking raw materials.

World Bank pulls out of $20 billion Simandou iron ore project in Guinea, West Africa.