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Freeport halts Grasberg mine, begins sending workers home

The firm has not been able to ship copper from the mine in over a month due to a ban on concentrate exports that kicked in on January 12.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 14, 2017 | 4:49 am

Iron ore soars past $92 a tonne, highest price in 2.5 years

Prices for the steelmaking commodity have more than doubled in value over the past year following near-decade lows of $38 a tonne in December 2015.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 13, 2017 | 4:55 am

Iron ore price hits 2.5-year high

Chinese import volumes rise to second highest on record in January.

Frik Els | February 10, 2017 | 1:07 pm

Rio Tinto logs first annual gain since 2013 on iron ore rally

Shareholders will be the main beneficiaries of the company's cautious approach to capital expenditure in the last three years as it will pay bigger-than-expected divvy of $1.70 per share.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 8, 2017 | 3:02 am

The world’s largest miner wants more action on carbon capture

BHP Billiton says more help is needed from both governments and industry to promote the adoption of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 7, 2017 | 4:43 am

Philippine miners say gov’t shutdown order ‘illegal’

Should the government go ahead with all the recommended shutdowns and suspensions, global supply of nickel will drop by about 8%.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 6, 2017 | 8:08 am

Coking coal price finally breaks fall

Indian consortium plans to restart Benga mine in Mozambique bought from Rio Tinto for a fraction of Melbourne company's original purchase price.

Frik Els | February 3, 2017 | 3:21 pm

Freeport may curb Indonesia operations if Grasberg deal delayed further

Miner says that each month of delay in obtaining approval to export means production would be reduced by 70 million pounds of copper and 70,000 ounces of gold.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 3, 2017 | 7:26 am

Australia’s record-breaking mining exports hint of new sector boom

Higher commodity exports delivered a record trade surplus of $3.5 billion in December, the second monthly trade surplus Australia has recorded in nearly three years.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 2, 2017 | 7:34 am

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