March 25, 2013 Iron ore, met coal prices resilient despite powerful Chinese agency’s oversupply predictions The communist country's influential economic planning agency predicts oversupply of iron ore and moderate 4% steel production growth in 2013.
March 25, 2013 Australia’s big miners add more driverless trucks Companies want to reduce costs and protect profits against future price dips.
March 23, 2013 Australians develop new recovery method for platinum and palladium Technique could also be applied to purify rare earth elements.
March 22, 2013 Mine in Brazil set to produce gold 1/3 below average industry cost Brazil mine to produce gold at 1/3 global average cost.
March 21, 2013 Being ‘good looking’ will land you a mining job in Indonesia An Indonesia-based coal miner posted an ad asking for “good looking” single females under 25.
March 21, 2013 Australia sees iron ore prices only getting worse The country's commodities forecasting agency expects average price to fall to $90 a tonne over the next five years.
March 19, 2013 How earthquakes create gold deposits instantaneously Study shows that gold deposits are created instantaneously through a process called 'flash vaporization'.
March 19, 2013 Conviction sell: Rio downgrade gives entire iron ore sector a bloody nose Goldman Sachs sees significant earnings declines at world number two miner.
March 19, 2013 Rio Tinto, Xstrata to slash over 100 coal jobs each Rio and Xstrata are not the only miners rethinking their coal business in Australia. Vale and BHP are reportedly on the same page.
March 18, 2013 Mining industry to solve lack of skilled workers with technology: study International mining executives believe the industry is in the midst of a transition from a blue collar to a white collar workforce.
Ports for Australia’s Pilbara iron ore region closed due to cyclone Port Hedland, about 1,300 km (800 miles) north of Western Australia's state capital, Perth, is the world's biggest export point for iron ore. February 07, 2026 | 11:40 am
