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Once again Asia drove demand, with China and India alone accounting for 54% of the total.

The recurring phenomenon — a warming of the Pacific Ocean as part of a complex cycle linking atmosphere and ocean — has in the past affected mine output, triggering price spikes.

The bank says Anglo could use the funds it gets for dividends and to invest in its much stronger sectors, copper and diamonds.

Ivan Glasenberg has once again slammed his competitors, who he accuses of damaging the credibility of the mining industry.

CEO Andrew Mackenzie announced the firm would cut capital and exploration expenditure to $9 billion in the 2016 financial year from $12.6 billion in 2015.

Mancini advises investors to go for the best of the best: gold miners with cash flow, great balance sheets, low costs and good management.

Jean-Sébastien Jacques thinks it will take three to four years for thermal coal prices to recover.

Forrest is blaming BHP and Rio for a fall in the price of iron ore as the pair continue to ramp up production.

Overall Chinese imports plummeted 16% in April as coal enters free-fall, but iron ore's decline was modest and copper shipments jumped 5%.