Iron ore prices are flying

Will halt iron ore production at Australian Ernest Henry mine

Copper production up 17%.

Australia's Association of Mining and Exploration Companies wants to see an end to the Clean Energy Future plan.

Number one in iron ore.

Carajas, fully owned by Vale, is the world's largest iron ore mine and holds 7.2 billion metric tons of iron ore in proven and probable reserves.

Fundamentals improve as inventories at the country's blast furnaces decline sharply.

China's largest private shipyard and a Korean fleet owner-operator of Vale's giant ore carriers face bankruptcy.

First private Chinese trading platform starts operating this week.

Australia now supplies more than half of China's imports.