Brazil Minerals encouraged by resource estimates for Iron Project

Silver nanowires can be used to produce flexible screens in a cheaper, less energy-intensive manner, a new study shows.

BMI Research analysts also believe gold prices bottomed in 2015 and expect the metal to edge higher over the coming quarters.

Strategic shift comes as the world's biggest miner tries to regain investors' confidence.

Rout continues ahead of crucial Chinese import data.

New study shows existing mines, committed projects will fill demand gap only until the end of the decade – then follows "marked downtrend in production"

So did production – all time high of 887m ounces.

Shares in mining giants tumble after civil suit in Brazil claims $43 billion in damages based on clean-up costs associated with BP's oil spill in the Gulf.

The global coal trade doubled in the decade to 2012 as a boom took hold in Asia. Now, the coal trade seems to have stalled or even gone into reverse.

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