10:52am

Rio Tinto appoints new finance director

Mining group taps former BHP Billiton executive Chris Lynch

2:16am

Vale reports first loss in a decade

Iron ore prices hit Brazilian miner

From LEX 11:25pm

Joy Global: developing interest

Mining equipment maker could attract bids from deep-pocketed buyers

Pravin Gordhan, South African finance minister ©AFP From WORLD 11:17pm

S Africa forecasts slower growth in 2013

Budget deficit for financial year predicted to rise to 5.2%

Feb 27, 2013

Mongolia suspends key Oyu Tolgoi licences

Rio Tinto under pressure to reach agreement with government

From WORLD Feb 26, 2013

South African economy stays sluggish

Country’s growth below some African peers

Feb 26, 2013

Rio Tinto warned of possible rating cut

S&P cites rising debts, reinforcing need for cost cuts

Feb 25, 2013

UK coal mine faces closure after blaze

Operators say fire could be death knell of unprofitable Daw Mill

From MARKETS Feb 23, 2013

Phytopharm falls after drug test failure

Trial for Parkinson’s treatment shows drug has no effects

Feb 22, 2013

Prokhorov sells gold stake for $3.6bn

Two Russian investors in deal for Polyus Gold holding

Feb 22, 2013

Bumi director survives showdown

Contrarian take on corporate governance debacle

Week in Review Feb 22, 2013

Week in Review, February 23

Sir Julian Horn-Smith survives showdown at Bumi

From LEX Feb 22, 2013

Letter from Lex: seeking animal spirits

Buoyant mood surrounding deals is not reflected in earnings

Inside London from MARKETS Feb 22, 2013

Miners’ gravy train is grinding to a halt

Commodities supercycle looks increasingly like a standard cycle

Feb 21, 2013

Weak demand hurts New World Resources

FTSE 250 miner expects recovery with supply gap in hard coking coal

Lombard Feb 21, 2013

A plague on the houses of Nat and Bakrie

The Bumi affair will continue to be a blight on the City

Feb 21, 2013

Rothschild defiant and investors divided

Corporate battle amid muskets and armoured breastplates

Feb 21, 2013

Vote leaves Bumi dragons still at large

Nineteen of Rothschild’s 22 resolutions were rejected

Feb 21, 2013

Rothschild loses Bumi power struggle

Shareholders reject proposals to remove executives

From INDUSTRIALS Feb 21, 2013

Atlas Copco hits success seam in services

Equipment repairs is gold mine for Swedish industrial group

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