Caterpillar soars as first quarter sales jump for first time in over two years The giant equipment maker's quarterly profit surged past estimates helped by a recovery in most of its end markets. Cecilia Jamasmie | April 25, 2017 | 3:47 am
More iron ore comes to the market as Anglo’s output soars in Q1 Both iron ore and diamond output rose in the first quarter thanks to a continued ramping-up of the company's Minas Rio mine in Brazil and improvements in the gem market. Cecilia Jamasmie | April 24, 2017 | 6:05 am
Vale’s iron ore output just hit another record Production of the steelmaking raw material jumped 11% to 86.2 million tonnes in the January-March period, compared to the same quarter a year earlier. Cecilia Jamasmie | April 20, 2017 | 8:22 am
Recent Escondida strike may push Chile into recession Analysts believe that would increase the chances of the country joining Latin America’s ongoing political drift to the right in November’s elections. Cecilia Jamasmie | April 19, 2017 | 10:54 am
Freeport, Indonesia work out initial Grasberg exports deal The Indonesian unit is now in the process of obtaining a full export permit. Cecilia Jamasmie | April 18, 2017 | 8:00 am
Chile’s Codelco sets up lithium subsidiary The unit is expected to help speed up the approval of legislation that allows the exploration and exploitation of the country’s vast lithium deposits. Cecilia Jamasmie | April 14, 2017 | 4:27 am
British scientists find sub-sea minerals treasure trove They have found valuable minerals atop an underwater mountain, which is basically a huge flat-topped mound of some of the scarcest materials on Earth. Cecilia Jamasmie | April 13, 2017 | 11:22 pm
Cobaltmania One does not usually expect a sober conference of traders and other players in the battery metals space to go all apocalyptic. Hallgarten & Company | April 13, 2017 | 11:31 am
Iron ore, copper price plunge brings carnage to mining stocks Worries about Chinese economy and rising tension surrounding North Korea brings fear trade to mining and industrial metals. Frik Els | April 12, 2017 | 2:44 pm