Fortescue profit spikes on iron ore price jump, but dividend seen conservative

The availability of cheap money has seen boards postpone hard decisions about uneconomic capacity says Macquarie in new report.

For investors, there’s no place like home. Data shows that investors are heavily sector-biased based on where they live.

13% in two days.

Beijing restores confidence.

Despite the rosy outlook from Australia’s top iron ore producers, they are all facing staggering demand from their biggest customer — China.

Chinese import price for 62% iron content fines at the port of Qinqdao lost $5.01 or 10.01% of its value to $44.59 a tonne, the largest percentage drop on record.

Today's infographic compares how 14 different asset classes have performed during the last five crises.

Billions wiped from mining sector as gold, silver prices fall and copper, iron ore prices plummet to 2009 levels amid Chinese stock market collapse.

Getting — and keeping — a social license to operate, as well as resource nationalism, remain among the top five business risks for the industry.