South32 looking for assets despite $1.75bn loss, massive layoffs Despite the loss and a 94% drop in earnings, analysts believe the company's modest debt of $116 million makes it well-positioned to act on opportunities. Cecilia Jamasmie | February 25, 2016 | 5:55 am
Creditors of bankrupt rare earths miner Molycorp reach deal Should help clear the way for the company to exit bankruptcy. Reuters | February 23, 2016 | 11:55 am
BHP cuts divvy first time in 27 years, shakes up executive Iron ore and petroleum division heads to leave world number one miner after $5.7 billion loss in six months. Frik Els | February 22, 2016 | 3:15 pm
Vale keeps feeding iron ore glut, but misses estimate The surprise quarterly output decline offers some relief from a global glut of the steel-making ingredient that’s killing smaller competitors. Cecilia Jamasmie | February 18, 2016 | 4:52 am
South32 in talks with Anglo American to buy manganese unit The spin-out from BHP Billiton says it is willing to take on the manganese ore venture if the price is right. Cecilia Jamasmie | February 18, 2016 | 3:21 am
China ‘needs to cut output of minerals’ Increased Chinese mineral production is just as much a cause for the slide in prices as the aggressive expansions by western mining companies. BDlive | February 16, 2016 | 3:53 pm
The story of the great mining project that wasn’t so Here’s how you can prevent this from happening to you edumine | February 16, 2016 | 9:58 am
Indonesia to ease mineral export ban from 2017 The measure is part of a wider revision of the 2009 mining law that led to Indonesia's export edicts and other regulations. Cecilia Jamasmie | February 16, 2016 | 6:01 am
World’s rarest minerals: for some total supply less than sugar cube Scientists have inventoried and categorized earth's 2,550 rarest mineral species, each sampled from five or fewer sites. American Mineralogist | February 15, 2016 | 10:55 am