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Numbers don’t lie: Aussie capex drops, mining boom is over

Capital expenditure in mining peaked last year, stabilized in the second half of 2012 and then plunged steeply in the March quarter, wiping almost $1.5 billion off Australia's quarterly output.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 30, 2013 | 4:04 pm

Iron ore prices hit seven-month low, Aussie miners affected

Drop has prompted investors to exit pure-play stocks, such as Fortescue Metals Group.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 30, 2013 | 2:36 pm

Planetary Resources wants to raise $1m with its first asteroid prospectors

Promises 'a telescope for everyone.'

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 29, 2013 | 4:59 pm

Vale receives new mining concession in Brazil

The company is obliged to produce 20 million tonnes of iron ore per year.

Kerry Hall | May 28, 2013 | 10:46 pm

Contractors caught in BHP Billiton’s crosshairs

Coal profitability constraints spell trouble for contractors.

MINING.com Editor | May 28, 2013 | 10:44 pm

Australia’s surging exports point to next mining phase

Declining imports signal the wrap up of the investment boom.

Kerry Hall | May 28, 2013 | 8:06 pm

Africa ready to revert its ‘resource curse’: report

Experts believe agricultural, mining and energy resources could easily boost the continent’s economic growth in the next two years.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 28, 2013 | 11:52 am

Tensions in New South Wales mining: locals sacked, fly-in foreign workers retained

"These people just flit into the town and flit back out."

MINING.com Editor | May 27, 2013 | 11:43 pm

Kenya to form state-owned mining company

The government is also working on a bill to update the mining act.

Kerry Hall | May 27, 2013 | 10:17 pm

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The United States’ aluminium tariff wall is crumbling

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