CHARTS: What life remained in junior mining the gold price drop choked off The best indicator of the health of the global exploration sector has fallen to a record low. Frik Els | July 16, 2013 | 7:52 pm
Glencore Xstrata cuts: Australian iron ore, Peruvian copper mine Will halt iron ore production at Australian Ernest Henry mine Ana Komnenic | July 16, 2013 | 4:00 pm
Rio Tinto boasts record iron ore production figures Copper production up 17%. Ana Komnenic | July 16, 2013 | 2:55 pm
Australian miners underwhelmed by Prime Minister’s carbon tax pledge Australia's Association of Mining and Exploration Companies wants to see an end to the Clean Energy Future plan. MINING.com Editor | July 15, 2013 | 10:05 pm
China’s economy on track for slowest growth in 23 years "Manufacturers will continue to hurt and construction will slow unless the government steps up." MINING.com Editor | July 15, 2013 | 6:00 am
Robert Friedland celebrates Oyu Tolgoi shipments "It was almost exactly 12 years ago that Ivanhoe Mines announced the first of a series of five world-class mineral discoveries at Oyu Tolgoi." Michael Allan McCrae | July 11, 2013 | 2:02 pm
Surge in copper imports defy dismal Chinese trade data If the overall import and export numbers for the world's second largest economy were not so dismal, the copper price would've reacted even more positively. Frik Els | July 10, 2013 | 2:18 pm
Grasberg is up and running again But 2013 output will be 20% less than planned. Frik Els | July 9, 2013 | 4:26 pm
Photo of the day: Oyu Tolgoi’s first international shipment The Mongolian government tweeted July 9, and July 9 it was. MINING.com Editor | July 9, 2013 | 7:12 am