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From boom to bust - the fall in the price ore iron has been spectacular. It's fallen by nearly a third in the space of a month. It's good news for some but as Bob Fraser reports cheaper prices could spell disaster for many communitieis and even countries.
Global mining company Anglo American expects to take a writeoff of between $3 billion and $4 billion in its first-half results. As Hayley Platt reports it's largely due to the slide in prices for iron ore and coal.
The price of iron ore has fallen to its lowest level in more than two months, sending shivers through the mining industry and fuelling concerns about China. Kirsty Basset reports.
Hundreds of people in the southern Nigerian city of Lagos protest the high cost of living in the country as part of a nationwide call to demonstrate by the Nigerian workers union. IMAGES
During a press conference on his two-day state visit to Sweden, French President Emmanuel Macron says that "the cost of a Russian victory is too high for all of us" and that Europe must support Ukraine "whatever it takes, whatever it costs." SOUNDBITE
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