Xstrata Coal has resumed operations at its Blakefield South mine and expects to return to full production by mid-July....

Ballast water treatment (BWT) system manufacturer OceanSaver has entered the Japanese market with a major ballast water treatment contract f...

Last week the 87,000dwt SHIRAKUMO became the first collier to berth at the Soma wharf since last year's Great East Japan Earthquake...

Canadian potash marketing and export group Canpotex has signed a five-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with an Indonesian buying conso...

Australia’s Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has said it is "outrageous" that a Chinese bulk carrier grounded on the Great Barrier Reef could be ...

India's 5% iron ore export tax increase may further tempt Chinese buyers back into the annual loveless embraces of BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto a...

Leading miner BHP Billiton Ltd has announced that it has agreed to sell coking coal on short-term contracts to customers in Europe, China, I...

Japan plans to cut food imports that make up more than half its total supply, helping local farmers at the expense of growers in the US, und...

Cotecna, a leading international trade inspection, security and certification companies, has been officially appointed by Indonesia's KSO Su...

The world copper market saw a surplus of about 50,000t for the first quarter of this year, compared with a 67,000t deficit in the same perio...

Coal exports from Australia’s Newcastle, the world’s largest coal export port, have fallen 17%; the number of ships waiting outside the ...

China remained a net steel importer in May, loading 53.46 mt of overseas iron ore....

MOL has announced the signing of mid- and long-term transport contracts with Sumitomo Metal Industries covering five ships, including a 230,...

Hitachi and Sumitomo have merged their crawlercrane divisions, to secure their position in the global crane market which has been diminishin...

The steady, but consistent growth in seaborne coal trades anticipated at the beginning of this year is gradually being realised as the year ...