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Brian Robins 9:00 PM Bear market valuations of miners have been highlighted with the decision by US investor Kohlberg Kravis Roberts to snap up a 10 per cent stake in Oz Minerals Thursday, when the investor doubled its stake in the company which prompted a 20 per cent surge in the target's share price.
Tim Binsted 3:58 PM Arrium will cut jobs and overhaul operating practices at its Whyalla steel works in South Australia to save $100 million.
Brian Robins 3:00 PM Oz Minerals is expected to seek to meet officials with investor KKR as soon as possible after the group built a 10 per cent stake in the miner earlier Thursday.
12:06 PM The global silver-coin market is in the grips of an unprecedented supply squeeze, forcing some mints to ration sales.
9:54 AM Australia's largest gold miner Newcrest Mining has sold off its remaining stake in rival gold producer Evolution.
Yuliya Fedorinova 8:17 AM Russia's largest mining company plans to cut investment because it sees the risk of the metals prices remaining low.
7:53 AM Gold hit its lowest level in two weeks and recorded its biggest quarterly loss in a year as US jobs data continues to strengthen.
Danielle Bochove and Juan Pablo Spinetto 6:42 AM The world's top iron-ore producer has some bad news for the oversupplied market: its biggest project is running ahead of schedule.
5:59 AM Copper hit its highest in a week while nickel touched a two-week peak, as bearish investors closed out positions at the quarter-end.
Thomas Biesheuvel 5:10 AM Glencore recouped most of its losses from Monday's 29 per cent plunge as the shares rallied for a second day.
Amanda Saunders Rio Tinto is clearing the decks to bow out of coal, restructuring its Hunter Valley business and kicking off its staggered exit with the $US606 million ($867 million) sale of a minority stake in one of its three mines in the NSW region to New Hope Group.
Michael Pascoe Putting aside yesterday's febrile trading, there's an underlying concern that one of our bluest blue chips is saying one thing about its future dividends and the market saying another.
Jesse Riseborough Glencore, the commodities group that's lost almost $64.4 billion in market value this year, rallied the most ever in a single day.
Perry Williams Is this the man who sparked our $55 billion sell-off?
Jesse Riseborough Glencore, the commodities group that's lost almost $US45 billion in market value this year, rallied the most ever in a single day.
Copper edged up after hitting a one-month low, but fears that a sharp slowdown in China will dent demand for commodities persisted.
Vanessa Desloires Resources giants BHP Billiton and Origin Energy suffer heavy falls as Glencore's troubles echo around the world.
Angela Macdonald-Smith BHP Billiton has assured investors that even in an "extreme" scenario of aggressive international moves to tackle climate change its earnings growth and returns on new projects at 2030 would be only slightly affected.
Jamie Freed Alcoa chief executive Klaus Kleinfeld says his company's plans to demerge its upstream and downstream businesses will give the company "optionality" for dealmaking.
Adam Haigh BHP's market value is now about $7 billion less than that of CBA. At its peak seven years ago, the mining company was more than $200 billion bigger.
Bradley Olson The 15-month commodities free-fall is starting to resemble a full-blown crisis.
Vanessa Desloires Shares in BHP have fallen to a seven-year low after being caught up in a rout of rival Glencore, which lost 30 per cent of its share price overnight.
Inyoung Hwang and Camila Russo Glencore may be worth as much as $US98 billion, or $US26 billion, depending on which analyst you ask.
OceanaGold's takeover of Toronto Stock Exchange-listed Romarco Minerals has been approved by shareholders of both companies, in a move expected to create the market's lowest-cost gold producer.
Vanessa Desloires The Australian sharemarket is set to plunge back towards 5000 points after miners were savaged overnight as debt-laden Glencore lost 30 per cent of its value.
Juan Pablo Spinetto Vale, the world's biggest iron-ore and nickel producer, lowered its proposed dividend payment for this year to $US1.5 billion.
Nick Carey Alcoa it breaking itself in two, separating a faster growing plane and car parts business from traditional aluminum smelting operations.
Jasmine Ng New supply from Gina Rinehart's Roy Hill iron ore mine will contribute to a slump below $US40 a metric ton next year, according to Citigroup.
Thomas Biesheuvel Glencore plunged 29 per cent, extending a rout that's wiped more than $US14 billion off its value this month.
Richard Baker, Nick McKenzie Australia's all-or-nothing approach to companies being investigated for foreign bribery should be changed, BHP Billiton has told a senate committee.
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A free independent guide from SMH with expert information.
A free independent guide from SMH with expert information.
A free independent guide from SMH with expert information.