Iron ore price: World steel production shrinking

World number one miner notches "productivity gains" of $2.4 billion as profits fall 47% in second half of 2014.

The country's refusal of a deep sea mining venture off its coast has cast a shadow over the emerging mining practice.

Brazil’s Vale (NYSE:VALE), the world’s largest producer of iron ore, continued to flood the market with product in 2014 despite sharply lower prices.

Brazilian tycoon Eike Batista's riches to rags ride is a white-knuckle one.

Biggest jump of the year lifts iron ore price more than 6% off 2015 low.

Wide release is set for Sunday.

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In a bear market for junior miners, exploration capital can be hard to come by.

Glencore has slashed spending for this year by up to $US1.4 billion amid a rout in commodity prices, and will spin-off its stake in the unwanted South African platinum producer Lonmin inherited in its merger with Xstrata two years ago.