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Bank of America has just dumped coal

The banks is reducing its financing for coal mining projects, which now considers too risky.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 7, 2015 | 11:50 am

Glencore boss blames iron ore top miners for share price fall

The company's shares have lost over 40% of their value since it first listed in 2011 on the London Stock Exchange.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 7, 2015 | 7:45 am

Global silver output running low — report

New supply from projects won’t be sufficient to replace production losses from aging operations, the World Silver Survey 2015 shows.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 6, 2015 | 7:15 am

The strange second life of the US only rare earth mine

As a name, Mountain Pass is as generic as they come. But, for a time, the mine supplied most of the metals used in the world’s electronics.

Gizmodo | May 6, 2015 | 1:15 am

Survival guide for the mother of all bear markets from veteran bottomfisher John Kaiser

In this frank assessment of everything from gold and diamonds to potash and zinc, Kaiser Research Online author John Kaiser names for The Mining Report readers the companies that could be swept up in a rush to security of supply.

The Mining Report | May 5, 2015 | 8:03 am

Turquoise Hill sale of stake in Mongolia’s SouthGobi falls through

The failed deal was supposed to allow Turquoise Hill to finally break ties with the Mongolian coal miner that was once worth over $2.4 billion.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 1, 2015 | 5:10 am

Rio Tinto ready to resume hunt for mining deals — report

If the miner buys any assets this year, it would be Rio's first acquisition in about three years.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 1, 2015 | 3:23 am

Vale falls victim of the iron ore slump, posts $3.2bn loss

Today's results are the lowest earnings Vale has reported in six years and its third straight quarterly loss.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 30, 2015 | 9:30 am

Iron ore price rally turns into dead cat bounce

Iron ore price falls 4% on Wednesday as oversupply, Chinese steel fears return.

Frik Els | April 29, 2015 | 12:25 pm

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