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BHP at full throttle

Operational update shows record production achieved for four commodities and at 10 operations.

Frik Els | April 15, 2014 | 11:36 pm

Brazil’s Vale gets $2.8bn for iron ore expansions

Loan will help the miner improve its railway network and build a new mining and processing unit in Para state

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 15, 2014 | 4:29 pm

Rio Tinto iron ore output falls short

But copper production shoots up 17% in first quarter.

Frik Els | April 14, 2014 | 11:12 pm

The Ore Wars after the Flash Crash

The 8% one-day drop in the iron ore price in March was the result of a new dynamic in the market: panicked selling by traders using ore as loan collateral.

Frik Els | April 13, 2014 | 7:05 pm

Gundlach on Chinese economic growth: ‘How about a minus 7?’

Founder and chief investment officer of $49 billion DoubleLine Capital may be a huge China bear, but he likes gold.

Frik Els | April 13, 2014 | 5:49 pm

BHP can’t do for coking coal prices what it did for iron ore

BHP is losing big money on its push for a coking coal spot market.

Frik Els | April 13, 2014 | 5:23 pm

Brazil Batista engaged in insider trading: report

The country's securities regulator, known as CVM, has found Batista waited 10 months to disclose that four oil fields were not commercially viable.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 11, 2014 | 6:36 pm

Former JPMorgan commodities chief under federal probe

The probe was opened following a settlement with regulators that alleged JPMorgan manipulated power markets in the Midwest and California.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 11, 2014 | 1:00 pm

Copper, iron ore imports defy China weakness

China's iron ore imports jump 21% to 74 million tonnes while copper imports surge 31%.

Frik Els | April 10, 2014 | 7:12 pm

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Australia launches A$12.5m mining research centre

Shipping’s great fuel switch is starting to drive up freight costs

Iron ore rebounds from selloff on hopes of China demand

ArcelorMittal delays job cuts in Bosnian iron ore mines

Rio Tinto to kick off pre-striping at massive Koodaideri iron ore mine

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