MINING.COM

Iron ore prices hit six-day highs, but rally won’t last say experts

Analysts from Goldman Sachs, Citi and ANZ predict prices will drop again below $50 a tonne.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 24, 2015 | 10:01 am

Australia’s Paladin Energy gets historic ok to run uranium mine in Canada

Until now Canadian companies needed to have at least 51% stake in any uranium project.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 23, 2015 | 4:41 am

Zijin goes after Aussie gold miner in overseas buying spree

The Chinese firm already mines gold next door to a Phoenix deposit.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 22, 2015 | 3:22 am

Rio Tinto sees ‘a few years of reduced consumption of new steel’

The old cycle is playing out again.

Michael Allan McCrae | June 19, 2015 | 2:24 pm

The rare earth challenge

While not especially rare and not really earths, there is no doubting the difficulties in mining and processing the rare earth group of metals, or their importance to the global economy.

CSIRO | June 18, 2015 | 6:01 am

Iron ore price rally just gave miners ‘false hope’

Iron ore price declines to resume as Shanghai rebar drops to record low Wednesday with bears calling rally just a blip before prices retreat to $40s again.

Frik Els | June 17, 2015 | 5:14 pm