Iron Ore Top Stories

Iron ore price up on potential easing of Tangshan restrictions

China’s state planner and market regulator on Monday looked at the spot market at the Beijing Iron Ore Trading Center and said they would closely monitor prices.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | June 23, 2021 | 8:49 am

Brazil to ease licencing of newly listed strategic minerals projects

The government has issued a list of specific metals which…

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 23, 2021 | 6:59 am

Australian Aboriginal opposition mounts to new state heritage laws

Western Australia has been redrafting its 50-year-old heritage laws which…

Reuters | June 22, 2021 | 10:07 pm

China iron ore price plunges on government price monitoring plan

The most-traded iron ore contract on the Dalian Commodity Exchange…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | June 22, 2021 | 9:22 am

Iron ore price dives as Chinese regulators launch spot market probe

China's state planner and the market regulator have pledged to…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | June 21, 2021 | 9:47 am

Anglo American ordered to halt Brazil ops again after leak

A document by Brazilian environmental watchdog Ibama seen by Reuters said Anglo American would only be allowed to resume operations once it demonstrates the pipeline's security.

Reuters | March 30, 2018 | 9:46 am

Port, railway workers reject Canada miner IOC’s latest offer

Negotiations stumbled on monetary issues.

Reuters | March 29, 2018 | 4:56 pm

Britain’s Vedanta hit by up to $600 mln charge for Goa iron ore unit closure

The latest ban would affect not only Vedanta but also several small unlisted companies run by local families.

Reuters | March 29, 2018 | 2:26 pm

Exploration spending in Canada’s poorest regions keeps sliding

The Northwest Territories and Nunavut, two of the three regions with the lowest income per capita, will see exploration investment to drop again in 2018, Natural Resources Canada says.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 29, 2018 | 10:40 am

DRDGold okays Sibanye-Stillwater $110 million-assets exchange deal

South Africa’s top gold producer has secured a 38% stake in DRDGold in exchange for some of its assets, which boosts the mid-tier gold miner’s reserves by 91% to 5.7 million ounces.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 28, 2018 | 3:58 am

Rio Tinto fully out of coal sector with $2.25bn Kestrel mine sale

Company has agreed to sell its 80% stake in the Kestrel mine to a consortium comprising of private equity manager EMR Capital and Indonesian coal company Adaro Energy.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 27, 2018 | 7:14 am

Vedanta shuts protests-ridden copper smelter in India for 15 days

The maintenance activity, originally scheduled for April, comes amid media reports that thousands had taken to the streets and shut shops in Thootukudi to protest against the expansion of the smelter.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 27, 2018 | 3:46 am

Canada to target smuggling of steel intended to dodge US tariffs

Under new measures unveiled by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's office on Tuesday, the Canada Border Services Agency will gain new powers to stop companies that try to dodge duties.

Reuters | March 27, 2018 | 2:30 am

Labour groups file OECD complaint against BHP and Vale over dam-burst disaster

The accident killed 19 people, left hundreds homeless and unemployed and caused sludge to wash downstream into the neighbouring state of Espírito Santo.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | March 26, 2018 | 6:30 pm

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