European Union antitrust authorities have cleared the way for Glencore's US$32Bn takeover of miner Xstrata, with the deal set to be announce...

Extensions to the Multivracs Bulk Terminal (TMV) and the Dunkerque Multibulk Terminal (DMT) have been officially opened at France’s Dunkir...

A 24-hour general strike in Argentina on Tuesday 20 November crippled transport infrastructure across the country....

Lonmin shareholders have approved a US$817M rights issue to slash company debt and shore up its depleted balance sheet....

Port dues in Rotterdam will be lowered next year to below the 2008 level....

FLSmidth has won a contract worth approximately US$63M (approximately DKK 369M) from the Kazakhstani company, Kazakhmys PLC, to design a cop...

Mantsinen Group Ltd Oy has announced a new strategic partnership that will see Warwickshire-based Cooper Specialised Handling represent the ...

Wuhan Iron and Steel Group (Wisco), China's fourth largest steel producer, has shelved plans to build a new steel mill in Brazil after negot...

Barloworld and Caterpillar Global Mining LLC have signed an agreement for Barloworld to acquire the Bucyrus equipment distribution and suppo...

Vale has obtained the operation license from IBAMA, the Brazilian environmental and renewable resources council, for its Salobo open-cut cop...

Interdealer broker ICAP plc has launched a global iron ore desk based out of London and Singapore....

Australian miner Whitehaven Coal Limited has announced that the New South Wales Planning Assessment Commission (PAC) has approved its A$651M...

Mongolia's Oyu Tolgoi copper and gold mine, under construction by Rio Tinto in the South Gobi Desert, has signed a binding agreement with a ...

Glencore has, through subsidiaries, completed the acquisition of Vale’s European manganese ferroalloys operations for US$160M....

Peabody Energy chairman and CEO Gregory Boyce has called for the establishment of a National Commission on Minerals Sector Export Competitiv...