“Owners of dry bulk ships and tankers face sharp falls in profitability after rates for the largest ships at least halved since […]

“A spate of cross-border acquisitions in Australia’s mining and energy sectors was announced on Monday partly in response to the new government’s […]

“Chalco, the second-largest aluminium producer, has pulled out of a A$3bn (US$2.4bn) deal to develop a bauxite refinery in Australia, blaming a […]

“Japanese trading firm Sumitomo Corp. said Thursday it will pay 1.93 billion dollars to purchase a 30 percent stake in an iron […]

“China’s biggest gold producer, Zijin Mining Group Co., ended its offer to buy Australia’s Indophil Resources NL because the wait to get […]

“Global miner Rio Tinto signed an agreement on Wednesday with Kazakh state company Tau-Ken Samruk on joint prospecting and mining in the […]

In the series of specials on the priorities of the CEOs of the world’s leading mining companies we analyze Rio Tinto this […]

“…the company is spending $1.5 billion to create a new, low-cost bauxite mine. The aluminum maker hopes that by spending now it […]

“Canberra and Beijing signed 10 commercial deals worth more than A$10bn (US$8.8bn) on Monday as the two nations strengthened trade links during […]

“Australia’s competition watchdog has set a July 22 deadline to review a proposed $US116 billion ($A132.8 billion) iron ore joint venture between […]

“State-owned Coal India Ltd. is likely to file a draft prospectus in the second half of July for a proposed 130 billion […]

“An EU expert group has identified 14 raw materials seen as “critical” for EU high-tech and eco-industries and suggested that the European […]