BHP looks to expand iron ore exports from Port Hedland

Roy Hill iron ore mine will soon start exporting the steelmaking material, just as prices hit a fresh seven-year low.

World's five largest mining companies together have lost an astonishing $570 billion in market value since 2011–the worst period of performance since 1966.

Big three close to falling victim to their own scorched earth strategy.

Iran is opening $29 billion of projects to foreign investors once sanctions are lifted – acquiring new mining equipment and technology is a top priority.

Mining investment in Australia is forecast to fall a further 58% the next three years.

If that sounds bad, then you might not want to hear that the most-active iron ore futures in Singapore sank Monday below $40 a tonne for the first time ever.

African Minerals Limited (OTCMKTS:AMLZF) is being sued in a London court over allegations that it evicted residents and violently mistreated workers and villagers living close to one of its mines in Sierra Leone.

Federal government, two states sue iron ore giants over devastation from dam burst that washed mud 600km down Brazil's second largest river system.

Company confirms that the Institute for Water Management in Minas Gerais (IGAM) found levels of arsenic, lead and other toxic elements many times higher than the legal maximums along the river.