Dalian iron ore price set for seventh straight quarterly gain

Vale has focused on sales of better quality iron ore, mostly from its S11D project in Pará state, as demand for the cleaner and less polluting product rises in China, its main market.

The company hired BNP Paribas to coordinate a $400 million sharia-compliant loan financing.

It is "absolutely critical" that Europe protect itself with measures to restrict imports of steel and remedy weaknesses in its existing system.

The diversified miner anticipates 2018 production to be 2% ahead of previous guidance and costs to be 5% below.

Often cited as a market indicator for economic health, the metal has been under pressure since the summer, threatening to unwind a three-year rally.

Global capacity utilisation in the steel sector has risen to 76% this year from 73% last year, indicating excess capacity in the sector is shrinking.

Supply scarcity and the resulting price volatility are the two biggest hurdles to vanadium's potential bright electric future.

Changes to Brazil’s 50-year-old mining regulations also came in effect Wednesday and include measures that make the country’s industry more competitive and sustainable.

Relief that an escalation in the trade war between the US and China has been avoided – at least for now – sparked a huge rally in mining stocks on Monday.