Iron Ore Top Stories

Ancient rocks reveal how earth avoided Mars-like fate

The development of earth’s solid inner core had everything to do with the rejuvenation of the swirling liquid iron in the planet’s outer core, which generates its protective magnetic field, something that Mars doesn’t have.

Staff Writer | August 2, 2022 | 6:06 am

Vale says stricter licensing requirements cause project delays

Vale cited slower regulatory approvals in reducing its 2022 iron…

Reuters | July 29, 2022 | 2:14 pm

Miners’ profits face an unusual foe: extreme weather

It is an unusual situation for companies that have experience…

Reuters | July 29, 2022 | 10:08 am

Iron ore price retreats as China’s zero-covid policy clouds demand

Investors had been optimistic more aid was on its way…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | July 29, 2022 | 9:17 am

Brazil’s Usiminas Q2 net profit falls 77% after forex losses

In the mining division, second-quarter iron ore sales rose 16% from a…

Reuters | July 29, 2022 | 7:58 am

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Billionaire Gina Rinehart’s wealth swells with Hancock’s A$4bn profit

Hancock Prospecting reported a A$4 billion ($2.9bn) net profit after tax for financial 2020, a 56% improvement from the A$2.6 billion logged last year.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 4, 2020 | 8:33 am

China to expand ban on Australian imports to copper

Reports suggest that copper and sugar exports from Australia into China will be halted.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | November 3, 2020 | 10:48 am

China’s iron ore market appears in supply-demand sweet spot

The question for the market is whether the seeming return of balance between supply and demand is enough to maintain prices at their current levels.

Reuters | November 3, 2020 | 9:00 am

No punishment 5 years after the Fundão dam tragedy

Brazilian prosecutors have filed a new lawsuit contesting a compensation package for victims from a 2015 collapsed dam jointly owned by BHP and Vale.

Bruno Venditti | October 29, 2020 | 4:52 pm

NASA finds rare metal asteroid worth more than global economy

The heavy-metal object, called “16 Psyche”, is worth $10,000 quadrillion. That's 70,000 times the world's economy.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 29, 2020 | 11:43 am

Investors worth $10.2 trillion press global miners for indigenous engagement talks

A group of investors has written to the boards of 78 mining companies to seek assurances about how they gain their social licence to operate.

Reuters | October 29, 2020 | 11:03 am

Vale nearly doubles net profit as output recovers

Net profit for the three months through September climbed to $2.9 billion from $1.6 billion a year earlier.

Reuters | October 29, 2020 | 8:56 am

Champion Iron reports record production in Q3

Bloom Lake produced 2.2 million tonnes of high-grade iron ore concentrate during the three months to September.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | October 28, 2020 | 9:44 am

Vale dam-break trauma raises level of ESG funds in Brazil

The company's second lethal dam disaster in three years was a formative moment for ethical investment in Brazil.

Reuters | October 27, 2020 | 11:28 am

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