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Shanghai rebar dips from 6-yr high; tradespat escalates

Rebar open interest falls to lowest in 4 months.

Reuters | August 8, 2018 | 11:01 am

Wages, activity pick up in Australia’s iron ore heartland

New spending by some of the world's largest iron ore miners is tightening the market for jobs and support services in Australia's biggest mining region.

Reuters | August 7, 2018 | 11:02 am

China’s Shandong province cuts steel and coal capacity in environment plan

Shandong's Environmental Protection Bureau said it would cut pig iron production capacity by 600,000 tonnes and crude steel by 3.55 million tonnes by the end of this year.

Reuters | August 5, 2018 | 9:42 am

Brazil mining exports to rise 2.5 pct in 2018 -Ibram

By value, mineral exports are expected to increase to $30 billion from $28.37 billion last year.

Reuters | August 3, 2018 | 4:09 pm

US Steel tumbles as investors seek more from tariff windfall

U.S. Steel Corp. fell the most among peers as a mixed bag of quarterly results left investors wondering if they would see any real benefit from trade policies that have pushed up U.S. prices of the metal.

Reuters | August 2, 2018 | 1:33 pm

Rio Tinto down despite $7.2bn cash return to investors

Company said first-half profit grew 12% to $4.42 billion, below the $4.53 billion forecast by analysts.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 1, 2018 | 3:46 am

BHP, Rio deals show lack of options beyond shareholder returns: Russell

BHP Billiton last week agreed to sell its U.S. shale oil and gas assets for $10.5 billion, while Rio Tinto appears on track to exit its troubled investment in the giant Grasberg copper and gold mine in Indonesia for about $3.5 billion.

Reuters | July 31, 2018 | 4:52 am