BHP joins Komatsu’s GHG Alliance

Futures topped $90 a tonne on Wednesday amid increasing concern the crisis at Brazil’s Vale SA will be drawn out as regulators ordered dozens of dams to be shut.

Australia is joining the growing number of nations looking to compete in space. Its advantage? Half the country already looks like Mars.

The price, which serves as an industry benchmark for supplies of seaborne thermal coal in Asia, was 14% lower than a price agreed for the year through September this year.

The announcement follows the company's commitment to build the $1.3 billion Eliwana iron ore mine last year.

Iron ore prices in China reached a record high on Tuesday as market participants wrestled two dilemmas, namely the weather-related disruptions from Australia and the safety outages in Brazil.

Its 2019 financial year production and unit cost guidance are under review because of the impact on the output.

Commodities had their best quarter in almost three years, but demand outlook is running into troubling signs in the U.S. and China, the two biggest consumers.

Rio Tinto on Monday cut its 2019 outlook for iron ore shipments from Australia’s Pilbara region due to production disruption and damage […]

Comments foreshadow an intense takeover battle for the only proven producer of rare earth elements outside China.