April 17, 2014

China, Japan and ‘mystery local billionaire’ potential developers of Oakajee project

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.

April 16, 2014

Fortescue misses expectations, vows to step up output to meet target

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

April 16, 2014

Australia to begin exporting uranium to the Middle East

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.

April 16, 2014

Brazil’s iron miners risk losing market share to Australian competitors

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

April 16, 2014

Rio Tinto iron ore output hit by bad weather in Australia, Canada

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

April 16, 2014

Two workers killed in wall collapse at Australian coal mine

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

April 15, 2014

BHP at full throttle

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

April 14, 2014

Rio Tinto iron ore output falls short

But copper production shoots up 17% in first quarter.

April 13, 2014

The Ore Wars after the Flash Crash

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.

April 13, 2014

BHP can’t do for coking coal prices what it did for iron ore

BHP is losing big money on its push for a coking coal spot market.