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M. Stanley slashes metals outlook on ‘dormant’ China

Investment bank cuts 2015 nickel price forecast by 19%, while copper price estimate is slashed as market moves into oversupply.

Frik Els | March 24, 2015 | 2:36 pm

Rio Tinto, Alcoa step aside for Australia’s largest national park

They'll hand back more than 175,000 hectares of prime conservation land they have held since 1971 to West Australia, ditching plans to build a bauxite mine and an alumina refinery in the area.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 24, 2015 | 11:37 am

Cliffs sells Ontario’s Ring of Fire claims to Noront for $20 million

The U.S. miner said the sale is part of a strategy to divest non-core assets and focus on supplying iron ore pellets to the North American steel industry.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 23, 2015 | 6:03 am

South Africa woes cast doubt on BHP spin-off success

There are a number of challenges South32 is likely to face, including potential Black Economic Empowerment ownership concessions and power price hikes.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 23, 2015 | 4:10 am

Why Goldman Sachs is wrong about commodity prices: Philip Richards

In this interview with The Mining Report, Richards discusses his outlook for oil, gold, vanadium, zinc and nickel, and profiles companies with projects that will see the light of day even in harsh price environments.

The Mining Report | March 18, 2015 | 6:46 am

Iron ore mining in Goa may resume in two months

The move comes amid an ongoing collapse in commodity prices.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 18, 2015 | 6:00 am

Miners woo communities with soccer fields, bull rings and guinea pigs to unlock US$25 billion in stalled projects

From South America to Africa, mining companies are throwing all that and more at communities to quiet growing opposition to controversial projects.

Bloomberg News | March 18, 2015 | 12:58 am

April Simandou auction amid new low in iron ore price

Iron ore fell to a new 7-year low on Tuesday, but Guinea is pressing ahead with the auction of north Simandou, the richest undeveloped deposit in the world.

Frik Els | March 17, 2015 | 12:55 pm

Tommy Humphreys: An inside look: How mining titans like Giustra, Lundin, and Beaty are playing the downturn

Since Tommy regularly spends time with the sharpest minds of the natural resource sector (Lundin, Gisutra, Casey, etc.), we know how valuable his perspective is.

Palisade Capital Corp | March 17, 2015 | 4:45 am

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Vale says resumption of lost capacity could be slowed

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