Buying iron ore is getting more like shopping on Amazon

Gold remains the most-targeted commodity by volume, according to EY’s latest report.

Global exploration spending dropped 26% in last year, compared with 2013, as several juniors threw in the towel and producing miners slammed the brakes on capital and exploration expenditure.

25-point base rate cut from People's Bank of China.

The world’s No. 1 iron ore producer by volume posted a second consecutive quarterly loss.

Namibia and Botswana top the latest mining investment attractiveness index for the continent and move into top 25 worldwide.

Korean scientists create a cheap, flexible steel with a strength to weight ratio of today's best titanium alloys using a nickel catalyst.

Weak iron ore prices have become the accepted industry norm, but the world's top miner also has bad news for those hoping for a pick-up in the long term.

In the second half of 2014 the businesses bound for South32 generated $5bn worth of revenue and almost $890m of earnings before interest and tax.

The potash and oil-rich province was placed at the top of the Fraser Institute's annual rank of mining companies.