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Iron ore price crashes through $50

"The major producers are adding incremental volume at around $20 a tonne, that gives you a sense of where the vulnerability is."

Frik Els | October 28, 2015 | 11:13 am

These countries are winning at gold mining

The number of registered artisanal miners, or barrequeros, inside Colombia now top 100,000 and production should keep rising.

Frik Els | October 27, 2015 | 4:49 pm

Aussie Gov’t under attack for saying there is ‘moral case’ for coal mines

But authorities and miners say calls for a global moratorium on coal mines ignore the scale of global demand for energy.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 27, 2015 | 5:11 am

Chinese scrap at 10-year low pressures iron ore price

Chinese scrap – typically around 90% Fe – has fallen to below 62% iron ore at its 2011 peak and below domestic pig iron prices.

Frik Els | October 26, 2015 | 3:01 pm

Rio’s controversial Warkworth coal mine extension close to final approval

The NSW Department of Planning has recommended conditional approval of the much needed and long-debated mine expansion, as its current permit expires in June 2017.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 26, 2015 | 5:36 am

Rick Rule: I am too wise to call a bottom in mining

Rick has seen too many cycles to answer a question like that.

Palisade Radio | October 26, 2015 | 12:30 am

Iron ore price drops to 3-month low

Vale's scorched earth strategy pays off: production on its way to 450 million tonnes at an astonishing cost of just $12.70 a tonne.

Frik Els | October 23, 2015 | 12:40 pm

Alrosa sells less than half the diamonds it mined

The rough-diamond miner extracted about 11.6 million carats in Q3, or 20% more than in the same period last year. However, it could only sell 4.9 million carats.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 21, 2015 | 3:01 am

China’s weak demand for diamonds drags sector into slump

Prices for the precious rocks have fallen almost 12% in the past year, amid weakening diamond jewellery demand from China, the second largest consumer after the U.S.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 20, 2015 | 5:30 am

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