China's steel industry in full panic mode as rumours of large mills collapsing see iron ore price and imports plummet.

There are two countries that could use this situation to the benefit if they play their cards wisely: Belarus and Canada.

Some farmers accuse railways of loading more oil while allowing their crops to pile up.

Deteriorating outlook for China's steel industry and economy as a whole pushed iron ore price down 2.3% towards 9-month low on Friday.

Production of rough diamonds expected to be worth $19.6 billion by 2018.

The average grades for a few of the bigger deposits in the Basin are above 15% U3O8, whereas the world average is far below 2% U3O8.

First piece of Canada's pipeline puzzle falls into place after energy giant's Line 9 to carry oil sands crude from west to east is approved.

Great Panther Silver reported a death in recent clash between illegal miners and guards.