Coronavirus drops iron ore shipping gauge 99.9%

Virus scare drops freight rates for vessels used in 1.5 billion tonne iron ore trade down to 1 point, from 5,043 points in September.

Frik Els | January 31, 2020 | 1:08 pm

That sent benchmark London nickel prices CMNI3 to their highest in almost five years.

Reuters | January 31, 2020 | 11:33 am

Iron price rout on coronavirus deepens

Post lunar new year trading in iron ore resumes as coronavirus cases surpass 2002 SARS outbreak.

Frik Els | January 30, 2020 | 10:00 am

China's iron ore imports in 2019 stood at their second-highest level ever.

Reuters | January 29, 2020 | 3:31 pm

A new report by McKinsey found 30 to 50% of production of three top commodities is concentrated in areas where water stress is already high.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 29, 2020 | 12:36 pm

Investors are certainly making bets.

Bloomberg Opinion | January 28, 2020 | 3:30 pm

Jingye Group announced a provisional deal to buy British Steel in November but it still hasn't gone through.

Reuters | January 26, 2020 | 1:30 pm

The dam is safe and secure, Vale said, but had been on Level 1 watch due to its proximity to the Sul Superior dam, which remains at Level 3.

Reuters | January 26, 2020 | 1:15 pm

Copper price down more than 7% since last week as China locks down 40m people as anger grows over coronavirus outbreak.

Frik Els | January 24, 2020 | 11:00 am