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Iron ore price rockets

Jumps 6% on Wednesday to four-week highs despite record-setting production numbers from Big Three.

Frik Els | April 22, 2015 | 11:29 am

Vale hits new iron ore production record

It produced 77.4 million tonnes of iron ore in the period, up 4.5% from a year earlier.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 22, 2015 | 6:33 am

Over 240 mining and energy projects waiting for investors in Cuba

Cuba, the world’s sixth largest nickel producer and one of the top 10 nickel mining countries, also holds significant deposits of other minerals and oil, new U.S. Geological Survey report shows.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 21, 2015 | 10:30 am

Denham Capital’s Caroline Donally on private equity in mining

Director of $1bn fund discusses Denham's unique approach, the vibrant parts of the M&A market and what juniors should do to attract capital.

Frik Els | April 17, 2015 | 1:27 pm

Rio Tinto claims it will ‘thrive’ on lower iron ore prices

The miner defended his decision to boost production, which has led to sinking prices and threatens to put some competitors out of business.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 17, 2015 | 3:11 am

Codelco to unveil plan to speed up delayed Chuquicamata mine expansion

The plan seeks to tackle an almost yearlong delay in the project to turn century-old Chuquicamata open pit mine into an underground operation.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 16, 2015 | 7:00 am

Southern Copper’s $1.2bn Toquepala mine expansion OK’d

The expansion will boost the capacity of the Peruvian mine's copper concentrator to 120,000 tonnes per day from 60,000.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 16, 2015 | 6:41 am

Codelco spending $25 billion just to keep output steady

$5 billion a year for five years will merely replace exhausted mine capacity says CEO of world's largest copper company.

Frik Els | April 15, 2015 | 4:44 pm

Iron ore price back below $50 after Chinese property shock

GDP slowdown was expected but China's property sector, responsible for half of steel demand, is in a tailspin as Q1 unsold inventory rises 24%.

Frik Els | April 15, 2015 | 11:32 am

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