With coal, iron ore and other mineral export volumes all falling, South African transport utility Transnet is at least enjoying one bright s...

Canadian grain shipments through the St. Lawrence Seaway reached 685,000t in September, a 27% increase compared to the same month last year....

Petmin has been granted a 20-year mining licence for an expansion to new mining areas at its flagship Somkhele anthracite operation in north...

Kumba Iron Ore has officially opened its new R8.5M mine in the Northern Cape, South Africa, which will add 9 mt to the company’s annual pr...

Fortescue Metals Group has opened its third berth at Herb Elliott Port, near Port Hedland in Western Australia, a key milestone in the compa...

Labrador Iron Mines (LIM) has announced it plans to lift its iron ore production to 2 mt in 2012, its first full year of operations....

Industry commentators in Canada are speculating that BHP Billiton will not press ahead with its plan to grow the Jensen mine in Saskatchewan...

Strong demand for key North American commodities such as coal, iron ore and Canadian grain have fuelled a positive start for the St. Lawrenc...

Indonesia's government has imposed 20% duty on exports of 14 mineral ores, including copper and nickel, in a bid to encourage local processi...

JSE-listed Petmin has signed a renewable five-year agreement which will enable it to export up to 600,000t of metallurgical anthracite a yea...

Cargill and CHS Inc. have announced that the two agribusiness companies are expanding the scope of their TEMCO LLC, grain export terminal jo...

Companhia Siderúrgica do Pecém (CSP) and POSCO Engineering & Construction (POSCO E&C), an affiliate of the South Korean steel group POSCO,...

Anglo American has announced Board approval of its 5 mtpa Grosvenor metallurgical coal project in the Bowen Basin of Queensland, Australia....

Peabody Energy has acquired a 5.1% equity interest in its joint venture partner Winsway Coking Coal Holdings Ltd....

The Western Australia Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has given a conditional approval for a new iron ore export terminal to be built ...