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Iron ore price jumps to 8-week high

Physical markets, not just futures speculation behind the latest rally

Frik Els | June 29, 2017 | 2:50 pm

Caterpillar reshuffles top management for mining divisions

Doug Hoerr, Caterpillar's vice president of the material handling & underground division, is retiring in August after more than 20 years with the company.

Alice Bothma | June 29, 2017 | 9:41 am

Rio Tinto shareholders greenlight sale of Aussie coal assets to Yancoal

The approval ends a three-week bidding war between Yancoal and Glencore over Rio's thermal coal assets in Australia.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 29, 2017 | 3:48 am

Iron ore price soars

China bulls kick iron ore price 6.5% higher.

Frik Els | June 27, 2017 | 2:14 pm

Australia backs lithium mine to spur battery push

Govt investing in lithium mine for first time

Reuters | June 27, 2017 | 11:19 am

Iron ore price: BHP starts work on $3.2 billion mine

South Flank will replace lost production from 80mtpa Yandi operation reaching end of its life.

Frik Els | June 26, 2017 | 2:54 pm

Rio brushes off Glencore latest offer for coal mines, sticks with Yancoal

The company has chosen to sell its Hunter Valley coal mines to China-backed Yancoal, but shareholders will decide.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 26, 2017 | 3:25 am

Iron ore reverts to supply-driven market after 2016 aberration: Russell

Iron ore's demand-driven price surge last year is increasingly looking like an aberration as supply factors once again start to weaken the price outlook.

Reuters | June 23, 2017 | 3:01 pm

Glencore fights back, sweetens deal for Rio Tinto’s Australian coal assets

Fresh bid is far better than the $2.55bn it offered earlier this month and considerably more than the $2.45bn offered by Yancoal, the Chinese-backed miner that is Rio’s preferred buyer.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 23, 2017 | 7:58 am

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