Iron Ore Top Stories

Russel: Iron ore demand recovering outside China, but will it be enough?

The price of spot iron ore for delivery to north China has fallen in recent sessions as the market struggles to work through a competing series of both bullish and bearish factors.

Reuters | March 11, 2021 | 4:44 pm

Vale approves list of board candidates

Shareholders will vote on the new board in an assembly…

Reuters | March 11, 2021 | 8:08 am

BHP says acquisitions unlikely near-term given high commodity prices

The company will focus on exploration and wringing more value…

Reuters | March 11, 2021 | 7:40 am

Zimbabwe says China’s Tsingshan to build iron ore mine, steel plant from May

Tsingshan signed a $1 billion outline agreement with Zimbabwe in…

Reuters | March 10, 2021 | 7:35 am

Aboriginal group to rate Australian miners on performance

Fortescue and Rio Tinto who are the biggest miners on…

Reuters | March 10, 2021 | 7:22 am

Vale aims to halve debt to $10bn by 2019

The company also said is ready to shut Caledonia mine mid-next year if it has not found a strategic partner ready to buy a 20 to 40% stake in the project.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 8, 2017 | 10:13 am

Biggest iron ore miner threatens to flood market if prices surge

Brazil's Vale is prepared to unleash as much as 50 million metric tons of spare capacity to balance the market if prices get too high.

Bloomberg News | December 7, 2017 | 9:51 am

Vale sees 2018 iron ore prices not much lower than this year

Fabio Schvartsman also said the company would do everything to resume operations as soon as possible at the Samarco mine.

Reuters | December 6, 2017 | 12:23 pm

Vale expects to sell up to $1.5 bln in non-core assets through 2020

The Brazilian miner revealed these expectations in a presentation to investors in New York on Wednesday.

Reuters | December 6, 2017 | 12:12 pm

Rio Tinto aims for “intelligent” Australian iron ore mine

This intelligent mine would cost around $2.2 billion to develop and incorporate technologies such as robotics, driverless trains and trucks on a single site.

Reuters | December 4, 2017 | 5:02 am

Rio Tinto appoints one of its own as the company’s new chairman

After a nine-month search, the miner has picked the current leader of the remuneration committee, Simon Thompson, to assume the post in March 2018.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 4, 2017 | 3:18 am

Brazil new mining regulations pose short-term downside risks: Analysts

Could the lack of a broader mining code overhaul weigh on investor sentiment over the coming months?

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | December 1, 2017 | 4:41 pm

Canada court backs need to consult aboriginals on projects

Canada's top court ruled in favor of aboriginal bands seeking say in Yukon territorial government effort to develop coal and iron deposits in wilderness.

Reuters | December 1, 2017 | 12:27 pm

Mining salaries ranked for geologists, metallurgists and the C-suite

Two-thirds of miners increase head count in '17

Michael Allan McCrae | December 1, 2017 | 8:10 am

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