Australia launches A$12.5m mining research centre

Ex-billionaire Eike Batista’s main mining unit became the third of his companies to file for bankruptcy protection in a year.

The mining giant has made a sharp U-turn on its initial decision to snub a London listing for its $17 billion spinoff.

And the rapid fall in the iron ore price, the Sierra Leone miner's dispute with Glencore and the slow rampup. But especially Ebola.

New research shows inland Chinese steel mills pay a 35% premium over seaborne benchmark with 210mt of steel capacity potentially looking for alternatives.

The former Xstrata boss' new venture, X2 Resources, is "currently reviewing a number of opportunities in the metals and mining sector."

Despite iron ore prices touching rock bottom, the top three producers have no plans to slowdown production. Quite the contrary.

JSW Steel has almost clinched a deal that would see India's third-largest steel company acquire embattled London Mining (LON:LOND), sources close to the negotiations revealed on Friday.

The mega-ship Shandong Da Ren docked at Dongjiakou port in Qingdao, eastern China, on Oct. 2.

The commodities trader and miner explored a stock-exchange listing Down Under.