Canadian economy won’t feel impact of battery metal mining

While the WA government is favours Chinese capitals, Australian junior Padbury Mining says it has secured $6.5 billion to take over the project, but refuses to reveal backer's name.

Australia's third biggest iron ore miner won’t give up on its full year export target of 127 million tonnes.

The deal, signed in 2012, could see Aussie miners exporting up to 800 tonnes of yellow cake a year to the Middle East by the end of the decade.

Brazil's mining sector is expected to see slower average growth rates through 2018 compared with previous years, a report by Business Monitor shows.

Production of the steel-making material, however, increased by 16%, which means the miner is on track to meet its full-year target.

The employees died following the incident at the Austar coal mine in the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales state.

Operational update shows record production achieved for four commodities and at 10 operations.

But copper production shoots up 17% in first quarter.

The 8% one-day drop in the iron ore price in March was the result of a new dynamic in the market: panicked selling by traders using ore as loan collateral.