Vale opens iron ore grinding hub in China

A look back at mining and metals in 2015 through MINING.com's most popular stories of the year.

The bank says prices will remain under $40 a ton for the next three years as China’s slowdown forces the sector into a long period of hibernation.

The mining equipment maker said business conditions continue to be tough mostly due to a slower-than-expected recovery in the global economy and weak commodity prices.

With the ruling, the massive Carmichael coal mine and rail project has moved one step closer to final approval.

AN INNOVATIVE new water based degreaser, Eliminator, has been launched by leading Australian fine particle management company Reynolds Soil Technologies (RST), as an environmentally safe and effective water based solution to replace potentially hazardous chemical solvent based degreasers.

25-fold investment jump in less than a decade. That's how fast China's gaining control over Africa’s mining industry. And Beijing's only pushing harder now. 

The Canadian Mining Eye index declined 17% during Q3 2015, compared to a 4% gain in Q2 2015.

Ultimately the widespread selling is evidence of investors’ revulsion for a sector that has struggled with falling prices for four years and has demonstrated no clear schedule for a recovery.

The pain for iron ore producers is not expected to let up anytime soon, as numbers out of China indicate that steel demand is dropping.