BHP expected to catch up on iron ore shipments

Steelmaking ingredient is now down 16% in just three weeks.

From relic of the industrial age to the most profitable bulk commodity the mining industry has ever experienced.

Simandou, expected to cost more than $10 billion, is proving too costly for the giant miner, currently focused on selling non-core operations to curb costs and bolster its balance sheet.

Rationalization and cooperation

Deloitte CEO Glen Ives believes the mining industry will 'revolutionize' the way it approaches projects in the coming decade.

The steelmaking commodity hit a 2½-month low Monday as Chinese steelmakers resist restocking frightened by weakening economic data.

The mining giant is rushing to sell at least 10 non-core assets to reduce debt and simplify its operations.

Geologists believe that asteroids hold iron ore, nickel and precious metals at much higher concentrations than those found on Earth.

Ontario iron ore mine to become a hydro power storage facility.