Coking coal's rally fires up iron ore

Iron ore futures have surged as a spectacular rally in coking coal pulls steel and other raw materials in the supply chain higher.

'You don't get much more Australian': Rinehart defends Kidman bid

Australia's richest woman, Gina Rinehart, on Tuesday defended her joint bid with China's Shanghai CRED Real Estate for the nation's biggest cattle empire, after it was trumped by a rival all-Australian syndicate.

Mining companies 'abrogate' responsibility to towns: Minister

Anthony Lynham says mines need to do more.

Vale bets big on cost cuts

For the Brazillian iron ore giant, it's all about protecting ever-narrowing profit margins.

SGX's iron ore contract holds sway

Iron ore contracts in Singapore have greater pricing power than those traded in China.

BHP employees face 'qualified homicide' charges over Samarco disaster

​Eight present and former BHP employees are facing potentially lengthy prison terms after Brazilian prosecutors filed 'qualified homicide' charges.

'I'm done': BHP chairman Jac Nasser to step down

Jacques Nasser, chairman of BHP Billiton, said he planned to step down from the world's biggest mining company after helping guide it through a deadly tailings dam spill in Brazil.

Samarco dam employees charged over deaths

An Australian is among 22 people charged by Brazilian prosecutors over their roles in the collapse of a tailings dam at the Samarco that killed 19 people.

Aluminium falls near month low

Aluminium neared its lowest in a month on worries about oversupply after a rise in Chinese output.

BHP sets 50:50 gender target for 2025

Australian mining giant BHP Billiton wants half its male-dominated workforce to be women by 2025.

Iron ore price set to fall heading into 2017

Fortescue Metals has indicated the price of iron ore prices may decline heading into 2017 as the market makes way for additional supplies from Australia and Brazil, even as high cost domestic miners in China continue to close down.

ASIC broadens investigation into Clive Palmer's business affairs

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has widened its probe into Clive Palmer from his company Queensland Nickel to include other entities associated with the former parliamentarian.

BHP Billiton sees signs of commodity markets recovery

The world's biggest mining company sees early signs that commodity markets are rebalancing.

Vale to report lower iron ore output

Vale is expected to report a second straight quarterly decline in iron-ore output this week.

Lynham backs gas as Queensland's post-coal electricity foundation

Queensland's resources minister has made a spirited defence of the state's coal seam gas industry at a forum of resource-dependent councils at the Local Government Association of Queensland annual conference on the Gold Coast.

Rebounding BHP blasts Australian critics

The good times are starting to roll for BHP Billiton as higher commodity prices are helping to fatten its bottom line.

Newcastle thermal coal at $US100

Thermal coal shipped from Newcastle has sold for $US100 a tonne for the first time in four years.

Liberty House bids for Arrium assets

Liberty House is among bidders to have made an offer for the steel and iron ore assets of Arrium.

Samarco may be operational by mid-2017

It is "feasible" that iron ore miner Samarco could resume operations by the middle of next year.

Aluminium slides on China worries

Aluminium prices fell to two-week lows due to worries about Chinese producers ramping up output.

Kingsgate shares dive on looming Thai mine shutdown

Shares in Thai gold mine owner Kingsgate Consolidated collapsed Monday when trading resumed after a five month suspension following a government decision to force it to close its mine by the end of the year.

Surging coal, iron ore prices to lift exports by $44 billion

The surge in the coal and iron ore prices could add as much as $44 billion to Australia's export revenues if maintained over a full year, keeping the Australian dollar strong and ruling out prospects for further rate cuts, HSBC argues

'What was good is gone': Brazil's battle to rebuild after BHP dam disaster

One year on, amid huge compensation claims, the process of slow, painful recovery continues.

OceanaGold loses El Salvador damages claim

OceanaGold has lost a long-running legal battle in El Salvador with a panel ruling the government did not have to pay compensation after the miner was denied a concession to drill for gold.

BHP's disaster-hit Brazilian mine may not reopen

The future of BHP Billiton's Samarco iron ore mine in Brazil has been thrown into doubt after the mining giant admitted for the first time that it cannot guarantee that it will be reopened.

Copper falls after smelter cuts premium

The price of copper slipped to a one-month low on Friday after the US dollar gained.

Gina Rinehart launches fresh legal attack on her children

• EXCLUSIVE

Australia's richest woman Gina Rinehart has started new litigation against her children's trust fund to prevent it from receiving millions of dollars in royalties from a Rio Tinto joint venture. 

The new resources boom - blink and miss it

• ANALYSIS

Before we all get too excited about an emerging commodities boom Mark 2 - be aware that the smart money is already calling it over.

TD Bank bullish on iron ore

TD Bank's Bart Melek is optimistic that demand for iron ore in China will lift through 2017.