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Iron ore price drops back below $40

Iron ore price already down 8% in 2016, despite a surge in Chinese imports to 96 million tonnes in December, pushing 2015 cargoes to an all-time high.

Frik Els | January 13, 2016 | 11:02 am

South32 mulls acquisition of Anglo’s $1bn business in Brazil

Company is said to have sent out requests to investment banks as it seeks to hire an adviser to assist in the bidding process for Anglo American's niobium and phosphate business in Brazil.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 13, 2016 | 5:50 am

One reason why no-one’s buying bargain mines

Volatility and fair value.

Frik Els | January 12, 2016 | 3:29 pm

Here are the top 10 legal risks Canadian businesses will face this year

New climate change regulations are believe to be the main challenge for Canadian businesses this year.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 12, 2016 | 10:20 am

Anglo American officially out of the Middle East

The miner has finally completed the sale of assets from its Tarmac joint venture to a subsidiary of French engineering and construction group Bouygues.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 12, 2016 | 7:20 am

The world’s northernmost mines

They are all located in just three countries: Norway, Russia and Canada.

Frik Els | January 11, 2016 | 10:13 am

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