During Q1, Champion was able to increase throughput by 7% to 5.2 million tonnes of ore

The world's fourth-largest iron ore miner said it shipped 42.3 million tonnes of the steelmaking ingredient in the three months to March 31.

The next big piece of work on tailings is the implementation guidance, said former International Council on Mining and Metals chief executive.

The Global Tailings Review (GTR) released last year the first-ever Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management, aimed at strengthening current best practices around tailings dams in the mining sector.

Company is looking for useful ways to use the benign tail that is left behind.

The China Iron and Steel Association said on Tuesday that fast-rising iron ore prices are "unreasonable."

Chinese Iron and Steel Association wants China's securities regulator to pay more attention to improving current futures rules.

The world outside China is finally catching up with the Asian steel giant’s already strong markets.