Iron Ore Top Stories

Bonus schemes play a role in tailings dams failures – research

According to a paper in Resources Policy, such compensation packages actively encourage managers to cut costs and increase production regardless of the risks associated with those decisions.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | June 10, 2019 | 9:30 am

Swiss expert to start work on new standards for mining dam safety

The International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) has picked…

Reuters | June 10, 2019 | 3:00 am

Brazil’s Vale will invest $1.9B to shut down nine dams

All of the tailing dams are located in the Brazilian…

Reuters | June 9, 2019 | 10:38 am

This 50-year chart shows just how undervalued commodities are

New study plotting US equities against raw material prices going…

Frik Els | June 7, 2019 | 4:04 pm

Major miners reveal tailings dam data, action plans following disasters

In April, ethical investors working on a global standard for…

Reuters | June 7, 2019 | 9:37 am

Australia’s promise to assist BHP with its Olympic Dam expansion

South Australian Premier, Jay Weatherill, has reproached the federal government for saying BHP could resume its Olympic Dam expansion within months, calling it a "cruel hoax."

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 16, 2013 | 2:22 pm

Australian mining jobs sector still growing, but new skills needed, report finds

Employment in the mining sector will rise by 7.4% over the next four years, with the oil and gas sector providing the largest number of new jobs

Ana Komnenic | December 16, 2013 | 12:51 am

Chinese leaders rally the country behind economic reforms

Statement after annual planning meeting warns of "downward pressure" on the world's second largest economy and the need to take "bold steps" to reform industry.

Frik Els | December 13, 2013 | 6:27 pm

Suspicion grows over events that led Batista’s oil firm to bankruptcy

Investors want federal authorities to examine the role of regulators and the stock exchange in OGX collapse.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 13, 2013 | 3:15 pm

Anglo American confirms turnaround plan, warns 2014 will continue to be tough

Cutifani said the firm has identified three "buckets" from which it plans to extract about $3.9 billion of extra earnings.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 12, 2013 | 3:00 pm

Miners warned about Indonesia, Brazil, India and South Africa investments

Terrorism, regime instability and resource nationalism, are the main risks mining investors will face in 2014.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 12, 2013 | 11:10 am

What hard landing? Chinese bulk trade barometer surges to 3-year high

Baltic Dry Shipping Index has surged 220% this year as the iron ore and coal trade continues to defy Chinese bears.

Frik Els | December 11, 2013 | 8:06 pm

Joy Global ends the year with 87% earnings drop

Share price drops more than 6%.

Ana Komnenic | December 11, 2013 | 6:26 pm

Simandou hearing delay hints at Vale-BSGR settlement

Work on half of the giant Simandou concession in Guinea has been halted amid a corruption probe, but the door to a settlement between the Western African nation, Brazil's Vale and Beny Steinmetz's mining arm may be in the offing.

Frik Els | December 10, 2013 | 9:52 pm

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