Anglo American output in Q3 jumps, thanks to Collahuasi

China’s premier Li Keqiang and Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull sign port and railway deal opening up vast new iron ore resources.

Workers ended their strike and invoked a rarely used legal provision that allows them to extend their old contract, which leaves them in the exact same situation they were before they downed tools.

Denver is the global capital of private capital raising for investment in the metals and mining sector.

Prices for the raw material have dropped below $90 a tonne as doubts gather about the strength of demand in China at stockpiles hit record highs.

"Investors are willing to back their positive sentiment towards natural resources with fresh capital commitments," says new study.

Work on the delayed mine to start shortly after the federal government grants it final approval, which is expected before the end of May.

Australian explorer, Emu NL (ASX: EMU), has mobilised camp, earth moving and drilling equipment to the Vidalita site in northern Chile.

William P. Barr will help Caterpillar face a federal investigation related to profits earned by CSARL, its Swiss parts subsidiary.

A 3.4% increase in the December quarter seems to indicate that the downward trend of the past five years has been finally reversed.