Iron Ore Top Stories

Iron ore price rises as Russia-Ukraine conflict stokes supply concerns

While Russia and Ukraine are not major suppliers of iron ore to China, the two countries now at war usually export to other European countries.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 28, 2022 | 8:34 am

Australian mining billionaire to invest $2.2bn in renewable energy project

Andrew Forrest's Squadron Energy has acquired the Clarke Creek project…

Reuters | February 27, 2022 | 10:03 am

There is a connection between Mars and heavy metal-polluted Rio Tinto estuary

Goethite, red hematite, schwertmannite and jarosite link Mars to Spain’s…

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | February 27, 2022 | 6:25 am

Vale to pay $46m for failing to meet deadline to decommission tailings dams

The company will also undertake a series of obligations to…

Reuters | February 25, 2022 | 1:08 pm

Dalian iron ore down on Chinese price control

Vale executives said on Friday that Russia's invasion of Ukraine…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 25, 2022 | 8:51 am

Gold and iron ore are doing equally well. Their miners are not

Shares in Rio Tinto are down 4.8% so far this year. Stock in BHP is down 9.6%.

Reuters | June 15, 2020 | 1:09 pm

Watch 400,000-tonne ore carrier sink to the bottom of the ocean

Video: Salvors scuttle 362-metre-long and 65 metre wide iron ore carrier, just four years after its construction.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | June 15, 2020 | 12:53 pm

Rio’s demolition of sacred site doesn’t match its image

Blasting of Juukan Gorge caves has been likened to the destruction of Palmyra by the Islamic State.

Bloomberg Opinion | June 15, 2020 | 10:34 am

Iron-storing bacteria may be used to mine gold, copper

Researchers at UC are working with bacteria whose ability to concentrate different metals could be used to access valuable elements or to clear toxic metals from polluted water.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | June 14, 2020 | 7:03 am

Top miners in good position to weather covid-19 – report

PwC forecasts that miners will take a hit to EBITDA of approximately 6% in 2020.

MINING.com Editor | June 12, 2020 | 12:13 pm

India’s NMDC halts key iron ore mine

The 6 million tonnes per annum Bacheli mine is NMDC's largest, accounting for nearly 40% of its annual production capacity.

Reuters | June 12, 2020 | 8:20 am

Rio Tinto chief says sorry for sacred caves blast

Australia's Senate agreed to begin a national inquiry into how the destruction of two ancient and sacred Aboriginal caves occurred.

Reuters | June 12, 2020 | 7:52 am

Mining industry recovery may bolster Australia’s economy again

Mining accounts for nearly 6% of its gross domestic product.

Bloomberg News | June 11, 2020 | 1:36 pm

MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week

BHP to revise expansion, Novagold hits back at short-seller, Silvercorp walk away from Guyana Goldfields, and more...

MINING.com Editor | June 11, 2020 | 1:33 pm

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