Iron Ore Top Stories

China jails almost 50 steel executives for faking emissions data

The officials who worked at four mills in Tangshan city near Beijing, China’s top steelmaking hub, were given prison sentences from six to eighteen months.

Bloomberg News | January 27, 2022 | 8:30 pm

Iron ore price rallies on Australia supply fears, China demand hopes

Potential disruptions are still just that, with actual export volumes…

Reuters | January 27, 2022 | 8:03 am

How Latin America wastes billions of dollars worth of valuable metals

E-waste generated in Latin America in 2019 contained valuable metals…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | January 27, 2022 | 6:06 am

Vale accuses Steinmetz of ‘elaborate’ fraud in Simandou deal

More than a decade after Vale agreed to pay Steinmetz…

Bloomberg News | January 26, 2022 | 8:54 am

Rising copper prices boost Freeport-McMoRan profit

Prices of copper, considered to be an economic bellwether, rose…

Reuters | January 26, 2022 | 5:40 am

South32 files request for arbitration in Colombia royalty dispute

There is a dispute over royalty payments from its majority-owned Cerro Matoso ferronickel mine.

Reuters | March 31, 2020 | 1:20 pm

Vale says resumption of lost capacity could be slowed

Vale calculates roughly 18 million tonnes of output could be interrupted in the transoceanic market.

Reuters | March 31, 2020 | 8:22 am

Guinea partners with China-backed consortium at Simandou

The Simandou deposit holds estimated reserves of more than 2 billion tonnes of high-grade iron ore.

Denise Heckbert - The Northern Miner | March 28, 2020 | 12:11 pm

Australia’s iron ore giants push workers to stay at mine sites to escape coronavirus

Rio Tinto, BHP and Fortescue are moving workers who would usually commute from major cities to stay on site for a minimum of two weeks.

Reuters | March 27, 2020 | 10:00 am

South Africa lockdown to hit Anglo American output

Most of the company’s mines remain open, but with reduced workforce and production.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 27, 2020 | 5:01 am

Worldwide mining disruptions

On a global scale, work is grinding to a halt and mines are being placed on temporary care and maintenance.

MINING.com Editor | March 26, 2020 | 3:01 pm

Vale to battle coronavirus with thermal cameras

The cameras will be imported from Sweden and China and begin arriving at the end of March.

Reuters | March 26, 2020 | 7:17 am

China’s first iron ore futures ETF raises $11m ahead of Friday debut

The ETF will track the Dalian Commodity Exchange iron ore futures index and use its closing price on March 20 as a benchmark.

Reuters | March 25, 2020 | 11:19 am

Vale to draw $5 billion from credit lines, help suppliers

Vale said it will pay more than 1,000 suppliers before they are due to help the companies deal with the sharp fall in economic activity.

Reuters | March 24, 2020 | 8:52 am

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