Vale Q2 iron ore output up 2.4% from a year earlier
The company reported output of 80.6 million metric tons for the steel-making ingredient in the three-month period ended in June.
Australia’s Treasurer Wayne Swan may soon have another foreign investment headache on his hands, as a Chinese entrepreneur says he has Beijing’s backing to step around Australian investment rules and become the world’s fourth force in iron ore.
Liu Han, chairman Hanlong Group said the company could achieve it within 10 years, giving China ”a say” in iron-ore price negotiations and stem as much as $80 billion in national losses flowing to the big producers.