Iron ore price craters 6%

Domestic supply can't be cut much further and Chinese steelmakers are demanding deeper discounts for lower grade imports.

Diversifying the business away from iron ore is not in Rio Tinto's cards.

China's 'Order 9' makes it much easier for domestic companies to make acquisitions abroad.

The autonomous trucks mining the Pilbara controlled from Rio Tinto's nerve center in Perth have moved 200 million tonnes and traveled 4 million kilometers.

Glencore has little exposure to iron ore and the commodity has long represented the bulk of profits at the Swiss-based company's diversified peers.

India, China to require more coal for power, copper for infrastructure.

Diversified giant Anglo American won't be bidding for the one of the greatest iron ore prizes anywhere in the world.

The world’s largest iron ore exporter has cut price estimates for this year and 2015.

The firm is halting its Pinnacle metallurgical coal mine in West Virginia for at least six months, unless market conditions improve.