Northern Star closes iconic Super Pit gold mine acquisition

Authorities have yet to take action over what the company has qualified as a potential mine disaster that may cost lives and have serious environmental costs.

There currently are several practical and legal reasons for companies to have a CSR strategy in place, says expert in the field Elizabeth Adey, in this interview with MINING.com.

The government also published a list of answers to common questions about crude exports, providing guidance in a matter plagued by confusion.

Iron ore and oil, for ages among the strongest commodities, are on course to end 2014 as the worst performing ones.

The deals that were and those that failed. Here is MINING.com’s shortlist.

Mine safely.

Iron ore price drops 3.5% Tuesday to levels last seen during the emergence of the spot market.

It said the exact amount of the impairment is subject to forecast iron ore prices, exchange rates and market conditions when assessed on December 31.

The severity of the slide in iron ore prices appears to have caught even the top exporting country's Department of Industry by surprise.