Iron Ore Top Stories

Iron ore price retreats as steel slides and BHP shifts into gear at South Flank

BHP’s South Flank project in Western Australia will announce first production in the next few days, CEO Mike Henry said.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | May 19, 2021 | 10:26 am

$70 oil, $200 iron, $10,000 copper: Commodities smash milestones

From copper to iron ore and oil, prices have rallied…

Bloomberg News | May 19, 2021 | 6:36 am

Brazil private ports move 11% more cargo in Q1, driven by commodities trade

Oil, as well as iron and iron ore boosted cargo…

Reuters | May 18, 2021 | 7:21 pm

China puts Australia on notice with push to diversify iron ore

Iron ore is Australia’s biggest export earner, and relations with…

Bloomberg News | May 18, 2021 | 9:59 am

Iron ore price extends gains amid steel optimism

Mysteel expects single-digit growth for apparent steel consumption in China…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | May 18, 2021 | 9:22 am

Brazil mining code unchanged as Senate fails to vote on bill

Brazil’s lower house of Congress removed from the agenda the discussion of a transitory presidential decree, which modified the country’s current mining law.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 29, 2017 | 3:16 am

Mine site restoration needs more time: Australian researchers

They say the mining industry is being asked to achieve thousands of years of natural soil development in under a decade.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | November 28, 2017 | 7:32 pm

Archaeologists find connection between metalwork and Iron Age feasting rituals

Found during an excavation at Glenfield Park, Leicestershire, the collection is unprecedented in terms of the overall mix of findings.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | November 28, 2017 | 6:33 pm

Iron ore will go back to $50, says Goldman Sachs

Analyst Hui Shan said that Goldman’s projections see iron ore falling to $60 a ton in three months, $55 in six and $50 in 12.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | November 28, 2017 | 5:38 pm

Tax payments from Minnesota’s iron ore industry show lower production

Taconite-pellet plants and ore-concentrating firms produced 29 million tonnes last year, down from 33 million tonnes in 2015.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | November 28, 2017 | 9:27 am

BHP tightens belt, targets $1.6bn in cost-cutting at Australian operations

The world’s No.1 miner is targeting as much as $1.6 billion in productivity gains at its iron ore, copper and coal units in the country over the next two years.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 28, 2017 | 3:34 am

Investors force Rio Tinto to ditch plans to have Mick Davis as chairman

Decision comes in the wake of a full-scale investor revolt led by the Investor Forum, a London-based body representing some of the world’s biggest money managers.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 27, 2017 | 9:16 am