In a trenchant piece for Trading Floor Adam Courtenay argues that with all the focus being placed on BHP's spinoff of what it now considers non-core operations, the Australian industry is losing sight of much more fundamental issues:

Pakistan plays an important role in the export of chrome ore worldwide. The export volume of chrome ore exceeded 490,000 tons in 2012 and 2013, which accounted for 3.9% and 3.2% of the world’s total export volume accordingly, most of which are exported to Chi...

According to the statistics of Korea Customs, Korea’s ferroalloy import volume was 79,513 mt in July 2014, down by 27.9% M-O-M and down by 27.9% Y-O-Y. The import sources and volumes were as the followings, South Africa, 26,814 mt, China, 25,462 mt, India, 10...

Shares in iron ore mining company MMX Mineração e Metalicos were falling by almost 8% Tuesday, hitting an all-time low, after a broadly read Brazilian magazine reported the company may file for bankruptcy protection.

Avrupa Minerals Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:AVU)(8AM.F) is pleased to announce that the Company has commenced a third phase of drilling at the Covas Tungsten Project, joint ventured with Blackheath Resources Inc. The project is operated by Avrupa and funded by Blackheat...

Bringing together a mix of modern design cues and added technology, the Spanish manufacturer's I-TECH line of special edition models offer U.K. buyers savings of up to £480. Models that benefit from this special treatment are the Mii, Ibiza, Toledo, Altea and ...

Mining giant BHP Billiton has signalled that it will de-merge its aluminium, manganese and nickel operations, valued at up to $14bn (£8.3bn), in order to focus on its core business.

Major South African asset classes have failed to make the cut in BHP Billiton’s latest portfolio remake announcement