July 12, 2016

Iron ore skyrockets to nearly $60 per tonne

Chinese import price for 62% iron content fines at the port of Qinqdao rose 6.7% to $59.38 a tonne, the largest one-day percentage increase since April 21.

July 11, 2016

Gold price rally helps producers climb world’s top 25 mining companies list

Study shows there are more bullion miners among higher market capital ranking of mining companies in second quarter of 2016 than a year a go.

July 8, 2016

Australia slashes iron ore price forecast 20%

Dept of Industry says loss-making mines are staying open for longer than expected aggravating oversupply.

July 8, 2016

BHP Billiton’s Olympic Dam set to reach highest copper production in a decade

Red metal production at the copper-uranium mine is expected to hit around 230,000 tonnes by 2021, but there is potential for up to 450,000 tonnes per year.

July 7, 2016

Growing glut will put pressure on iron ore prices: analyst

Recent upticks in the price of iron ore will turn out to be shortlived, and the price will likely drop from here, according to an analyst whose contrarian view was…

July 5, 2016

INFOGRAPHIC: Silver skyrockets post-Brexit, energy is back!

Energy had an impressive comeback in Q2, with natural gas and oil being the best performing commodities of the quarter.

July 4, 2016

Iron ore surges past $55 as Rio Tinto exits Simandou

The price increase comes as iron ore major Rio Tinto decided to put its Simandou project in Guinea on ice due to the iron ore glut that is keeping a…

June 28, 2016

Morgan Stanley: Iron ore will drop to $35 by fall

Iron ore advanced to a 5-week high of $53.40 on Tuesday, but analysts see steep decline in the final quarter of 2016.

June 27, 2016

BHP hikes exploration spending to focus mostly on copper, oil

It will raise its annual exploration spending by 29%, allocating nearly all its $900 million budget to finding new copper and oil deposits in the fiscal year beginning next month.

June 24, 2016

Copper stocks deep into red as gold miners surge

Gold's nearly $100 jump early on and copper's 4.5% meltdown split mining investors' Brexit fortunes.