Natural Resources

If Chinese companies don’t take advantage of rising prices to rapidly pay down debt, more problems will be just around the corner.

Thyssenkrupp said its full-year net profit fell as the German industrial conglomerate battled a continuing malaise in the steel industry.

The darkest days may be over for the dry-bulk shipping companies that transport the raw materials of global trade with daily ship-charter rates rising to as much as $11,000 from as little as $3,500 earlier this year.

An internal Rio Tinto investigation raised questions about whether company executives followed rules for paying people close to government officials in foreign countries, a finding that helped lead to the dismissal of two top officials this week.

Business leaders in Maine are trying to attract more refugees and other immigrants to help offset an aging workforce in the state.

A mining company run by Glencore in the Democratic Republic of Congo made millions of dollars in undisclosed payments to an Israeli businessman who U.S. authorities say has paid more than $100 million in bribes to Congolese officials.

Copper continues to rise on hopes of extra demand during a Donald Trump presidency, but the rally has something else on its side: a lack of supply.

Anhui Xinke New Materials became the latest Chinese company to head to Hollywood, saying it will pay around $360 million for the independent filmmaker behind “The Hurt Locker” and “Dallas Buyers Club.”

The company has been investigating emails that reference $10.5 million of payments to a consultant for helping to acquire rights to massive iron-ore deposits in Guinea.

Investors predicted further volatility for commodities from gold and oil to coal following Donald Trump’s U.S. election victory.

Executives around the globe headed back to work Wednesday amid another radically changed political landscape—the second big shift for global businesses in recent months—as they weighed up the ramifications of Donald Trump’s surprise election win.

Mining and metals company stocks surged after the election of Donald Trump, as investors looked to the president-elect’s promises to revive U.S. manufacturing and rehabilitate the country’s aging infrastructure.

Health-care companies have emerged as the main gainers from Donald Trump’s win in the U.S. presidential election, despite a broad stock market selloff across the world.

American Axle & Manufacturing agreed to buy fellow Michigan auto-parts supplier Metaldyne Performance Group in a $3.3 billion deal.

A gas explosion at a coal mine in southwestern China killed at least 15 people and left 18 others missing, local authorities said.

Appalachian coal-mining company Ramaco, which has yet to produce any coal, is preparing the industry’s first initial public offering in more than a year, coming at a time when coal prices have been rebounding sharply.

The consortium's decision to withdraw its offer paves the way for Australian mining billionaire Gina Rinehart and a Chinese conglomerate to emerge successful in their joint bid for the country’s biggest cattle empire.

Caterpillar is predicting another tough year in 2017, as the company deals with the fallout from the global commodities bust and prepares for a transition in top leadership.