Despite the cyclone season that hits Western Australia in summer, Fortescue Metals posted a 9% jump in iron ore production in the […]

Canadian Mining Journal reports: Almost four months have passed since Toronto-based Nunavut Iron Ore first proposed a takeover of Baffinland Iron Mines, owner of the Mary River iron ore project 160 km south of Mittimatalik (Pond Inlet). Nunavut Iron offered US$0.08 per share, an offer that had the Baffinland board saying "no thanks."

Reuters catalogues some of the challenges to develop the Mary River iron ore deposit: “Iron ore’s not like gold. A little bar […]

South African oil from coal pioneer, Sasol, is dropping plan for a Coal to liquids (CTL) project in Indonesia to concentrate on Gas to liquids opportunities.

Steel Authority of India charters bulk carrier to load coal from Newport VA, to secure alternative supplies after Queensland floods.

3,000 tonnes of copper and 200 tonnes of tin ingots sought by South Korea, says Public Procurement Service.

In what it says was the culmination of 8 years of work, Adamus Resources announced it has poured its first gold bar at its Nzema gold project in Ghana.

The world’s top aluminum producer RusAl has filed three law suits against Norilsk Nickel, the world’s largest nickel producer, over its deals […]

News Blaze reports: Compass Minerals (NYSE: CMP) has acquired Big Quill Resources Inc., Canada’s leading producer of sulphate of potash, in an […]