Iron Ore Top Stories

Australia plans to boost mineral discovery with new drill core research lab

CSIRO together with the Science and Industry Endowment Fund, the University of Western Australia and Curtin University just opened a Geoscience Drill Core Research Laboratory.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | October 28, 2021 | 5:17 am

Fortescue posts record first quarter iron ore shipments, costs in-line

It shipped 45.6 mt of iron ore in the quarter,…

Reuters | October 27, 2021 | 4:25 pm

Iron ore price retreats amid Chinese intervention to cool commodity prices

"Steel supply is expected to be restricted continuously, iron ore…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | October 27, 2021 | 8:21 am

Botswana delivers first iron ore exports to China

Botswana’s first iron ore mine, Ikongwe, has started production and…

Reuters | October 26, 2021 | 9:13 am

Caterpillar gears up for green energy transition, automation age

MINING.COM sits down for a conversation with Denise Johnson, Caterpillar’s…

Frik Els | October 25, 2021 | 1:19 pm

Brazil regulator pushes back deadline to close dangerous tailings dams

Brazil's mining regulator on Monday extended the deadlines by up to four years.

Reuters | August 12, 2019 | 10:20 am

China iron ore extends losses, logs biggest weekly drop in over 16 months

The most-traded iron ore contract on the Dalian Commodity Exchange, for January 2020 delivery, fell as much as 5.4% to 628 yuan ($89.11) a tonne.

Reuters | August 9, 2019 | 1:10 pm

Indonesian president seeks input on bringing forward ore exports ban

The ban is about pushing domestic industries to process more mineral ores locally.

Reuters | August 9, 2019 | 10:58 am

Rio Tinto CEO defends miner as ‘cash machine’ amid stock retreat

The world’s second-largest miner had been on a roll this year.

Bloomberg News | August 8, 2019 | 12:34 pm

Sierra Leone reviews mining licenses in industry-wide cleanup

The West African nation has already canceled or suspended permits for assets that were not operational.

Bloomberg News | August 7, 2019 | 10:02 am

M3 Metals takes a second look at Block 103

Block 103 has an inferred resource of 7.2 billion tonnes grading 29.2% total iron in the Greenbush zone.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | August 6, 2019 | 4:08 pm

China gets more iron ore from Brazil as supply woes fade

Overall, the iron ore market is experiencing a recovery in supply and inventories, and Chinese demand so far is holding up.

Reuters | August 6, 2019 | 9:16 am

Guinea extends deadline to bid for vacant blocks of giant Simandou iron ore deposit

Potential bidders now have until Aug. 19 to submit proposals in competition for one of the world’s most-fabled mineral deposits.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 6, 2019 | 3:54 am

Indonesian official refuses to be drawn on whether iron ore export ban might be brought forward

The ban is aimed at making miners process minerals in Indonesia, a major exporter of nickel ore.

Reuters | August 5, 2019 | 12:18 pm

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