Iron ore price sinks as China vows to punish market manipulation

Met coal prices are already down 23% in 2017 as US producers plan to add 9m tonnes to export market.

Moves is expected to help the copper giant cope with a recently passed law that forces it to give 10% of its revenues to the armed forces.

Cornish Lithium Limited is hoping to lead the development of a lithium industry in the UK after acquiring the rights to drill for the mineral in the ancient mining region of Cornwall.

The amicable divorce ends a six-year-old exploration joint venture originally set to find copper deposits in China.

Experts and industry actors interviewed by MINING.com see prices picking up this year, driven by declining supplies and the prospect of increased demand coming from construction, electric vehicles and other renewable technologies.

Iron ore price holds above $80 a tonne, doubling in value in a year as Chinese cargo volumes jump.

Concentrate imports for the full year up 28% to 17 million tonnes.

Private capital funds raised $2.1 billion for mining and metals investment in 2016 – this year 13 funds are targeting $10 billion says new study.

World Bank's 2017 outlook says US impact on commodity markets diminished, but it's still number 1 for oil and number 2 in copper, aluminum and lead.