Vale loses spot as world’s top iron ore producer to Rio Tinto

Bear market is more than 1,000 days old and nearly 1,200 companies have dropped off the Toronto venture market.

But the Indian company said it remains committed to the US$12bn Carmichael project in Queensland, Australia.

The cuts at the Adelaide support office for the Olympic Dam operations come about six months after BHP scrapped about 90 permanent positions and 210 contractor jobs.

Analysts from Goldman Sachs, Citi and ANZ predict prices will drop again below $50 a tonne.

The old cycle is playing out again.

"I can feel the dust on my teeth."

Iron ore price declines to resume as Shanghai rebar drops to record low Wednesday with bears calling rally just a blip before prices retreat to $40s again.

Showing over 1,250 attempted transactions, this list includes both successful and failed attempts in order to visualize the ebb and flow of Chinese investments up until mid-2014.

PwC's John Gravelle on the mining industry's austerity drive, price realities and declining exploration spending.