BHP becomes world’s top copper producer

3.6% plunge to just above $50 a tonne on Tuesday brings year to date losses to 28%.

Iron ore price falls more than 2% on Monday bringing 2015 losses to 25%. Next stop $45 a tonne says new report.

The mining giant has also asked for local laws to be flexible enough to keep pace with other countries.

The situation, industry officials said Friday, can’t continue for much longer.

Rio's Sam Walsh says any scheme to artificially prop up prices hovering at six-year lows is "physically not going to work."

Looking for an exit or a lifeline? Look further says $8 billion fund manager.

The firm said poor coal prices meant it would not make sense to extend the life of the mine.

Until Mick Davis pulls the trigger on X2's $5.6 billion, wishful thinking and unhealthy skepticism will pervade talk around private equity and mining.

The competition watchdog did not welcome chairman Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest call for rivals Rio, BHP and Vale to agree to cap production.