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How this northeastern Quebec city is getting burned by the collapse in iron ore prices

At the corrugated-iron-walled congress centre in Sept-Îles on a snowy late-November day, organizers of a chamber of commerce luncheon are turning away late arrivals.

Financial Post | January 11, 2016 | 12:15 am

Brazil tailings dam spill much smaller than original estimates

BHP Billiton said Friday the dam burst at the Samarco iron ore mine in Brazil released 32m cubic metres of sludge, almost half earlier estimates.

Frik Els | January 8, 2016 | 3:39 pm

Worst year for US mining jobs since 1986

12 straight months of losses see 129,000 positions eliminated, the deepest jobs cuts in 29 years and the third worst annual decline since 1939.

Frik Els | January 8, 2016 | 2:21 pm

Asteroid miner 3D-prints spacecraft prototype with alien metal

What Planetary Resources' 3D-printed model so impressive is the fact that it’s made entirely out of metal that’s not from Earth.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 8, 2016 | 5:55 am

Political risk seen on the rise in these key mining markets

Major commodity-producing countries are set to remain under intense finance strain in 2016, which will increase the risk of social unrest, says Verisk Maplecroft.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 8, 2016 | 3:16 am

Iron ore prices to fall back into the $30s — Citi

Prices fell Thursday for a second consecutive session. According to Metal Bulletin, the spot price for benchmark 62% fines dropped by 0.46%, or 20 cents, to $42.91 a tonne.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 7, 2016 | 8:55 am

Private capital won’t touch mining

Only 0.6% of private capital raised in 2015 for natural resource investment is for mining projects–one wind farm fund attracted more than the entire sector.

Frik Els | January 6, 2016 | 11:41 pm