Industry
Australia's Fortescue tells miners to work more as iron ore price sinks
Australia's Fortescue Metals Group Ltd will change its roster to increase the time workers spend at mines, as the world's fourth largest iron ore producer rushes to reduce costs in the face of plunging prices for the steelmaking ingredient.
China's March exports shrink 15 percent year-on-year in shock fall
China's export sales contracted 15 percent in March, a shock outcome that deepens concern about sputtering Chinese economic growth.
New reckoning for copper miners now running in the red
Nearly a quarter of the world's major copper mines are running in the red, even after producers including Codelco [COBRE.UL] and BHP Billiton engage in their deepest cost-cutting in years, according to a Reuters analysis.
BDI industry group sees German growth of 2 percent in 2015
Germany's BDI industry association is more optimistic about the prospects for Europe's biggest economy than it was three months ago due to cheap oil, strong private consumption and a weak euro, its president said on Sunday.




