London Mining and African Minerals are engaged in a legal dispute that is holding up the development of the Marampa iron ore deposit in the ...

Canadian National Railway Company (CN) has announced its acquisition of 232 rapid-discharge ore cars and refurbishment of 500 existing ore c...

Associated British Ports (ABP) and Drax Power Limited (Drax) have signed an agreement for Drax to secure rights over land to site two 300MW ...

The US$1.13B bulk port project of India's Reliance Industries faces delay of one year and cost overrun of $225M due to foot-dragging in land...

Mechel OAO, one of the leading Russian mining and metals companies, has signed a Memorandum of Intent with Minmetals, one of China's largest...

QMASTOR Limited, providers of specialist management information systems and services to the global mining, port, power generation and other ...

Fortescue Metals Group, the so-called ‘third force in iron ore’, is studying the Pilbara coastline for possible new ports through which ...

BHP Billiton expressed its disappointment in the decision announced by the Federal Treasurer to ‘declare’ BHP Billiton's West Australian...

Coal exports from Australia's Newcastle port have risen by 35% from the previous week to a two-week high, as shipments increase after more m...

Aluminum Corp of China Ltd (Chalco), the world's third largest alumina producer, is shutting a further 1 mt of production at its Shandong pl...

Genco Shipping & Trading Limited has announced that it has taken delivery of the Genco Thunder, a 2007-built Panamax vessel....

Kenya's third biggest cement-maker Athi River Mining (ARM) has said that it will start work shortly on a $120M cement plant in Tanga, Tanzan...

Hong Kong-based commodities trader Noble Group has announced its plans to build a grain and sugar terminal at the Port of Santos, Brazil, th...

Brazilian mining company Vale expects to start exporting coal from its Moatize mine in Mozambique in 2011, CEO Roger Agnelli has confirmed....

Political instability in Kenya appears to be undermining the management of the country’s port sector....