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Rio Tinto forges ahead with Simandou, the world’s largest mining project

The massive Simandou project, in Guinea, is considered the world's biggest untapped iron ore deposit.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 17, 2016 | 3:43 am

Australia’s geoscientist employment slump enters its third year

Employment prospects for Australia’s professional geoscientists deteriorated even further in the opening quarter of 2016, driven down by mining’s negativity and dashing hopes for an improvement in the geoscientist employment situation.

Australian Institute of Geoscientists | May 16, 2016 | 8:26 am

Iron ore keeps dropping

Supply-demand fundamentals for iron ore appear to be moving back to balance amid steel supply concerns and after Chinese stock market regulators announced more steps to discourage speculative trading in the steelmaking commodity.

Andrew Topf | May 15, 2016 | 4:53 pm

Ivan Glasenberg’s advice is buy not build, but rival miners aren’t listening

Glencore's boss has consistently spanked his competitors for wasting and ultimately popping the now deflated long resources boom through a suicidal splurge on growth that took no account of demand and pricing.

Australian Financial Review | May 13, 2016 | 12:10 am

Miners going broke – worst still to come

New report says mining and metals companies set to default on debt at more than three times the historical rate going back to 1983.

Frik Els | May 11, 2016 | 4:21 pm

CHARTS: The May mining and metals meltdown

Seven trading days in and already global mining investors are nursing double digit declines as everything from copper to met coal to silver take a beating.

Frik Els | May 10, 2016 | 5:14 pm

Iron ore price bubble bursting

In a rerun of last year's stock market collapse in China, mainland retail investors are now fleeing raw material markets frantically bid up since March.

Frik Els | May 10, 2016 | 11:50 am