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Iron ore price soars as Chinese imports reach record high

Monthly cargoes top 100 million tonnes for the first time ever.

Frik Els | October 13, 2017 | 10:07 am

Elliott tours BHP investors in renewed push for radical shake-up – sources

Representatives from Elliott have in the last month met with major BHP investors based in London, South Africa and Australia to lay out the activist fund's arguments for an overhaul of the miner.

Reuters | October 10, 2017 | 7:08 am

Iron ore dangerously close to $60 a tonne

Ongoing concerns that looming steel production cuts in China on environmental grounds will sap steel mill demand continue to weigh on prices.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 10, 2017 | 7:02 am

Top iron ore exporter sees price dipping below $50 a tonne by 2019

Australia’s Department of Industry, Innovation and Science sees iron ore prices averaging $50 a tonne next year, and dropping to $49 a tonne in 2019.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 6, 2017 | 9:18 am

Australia’s Port Hedland China iron ore exports up 2.8 pct in Sept — port

Overall, September iron ore shipments from the world's biggest export terminal for the steelmaking raw material increased to 43.4 million tonnes from 42.8 million in August.

Reuters | October 5, 2017 | 1:48 am

Rio Tinto back on track to haul iron ore in driverless trains in 2018

Staff sitting hundreds of km away oversaw successful pilot run.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 2, 2017 | 3:23 am

George Glasier: Rising vanadium prices could increase uranium production

George Glasier thinks the uranium price hovering around $21 means that there is currently enough supply to meet demand in the market.

Palisade Research | October 1, 2017 | 3:24 pm

Iron ore price resumes fall

At three-month low with $50s now in sight.

Frik Els | September 29, 2017 | 2:44 pm

South Africa’s mining industry fortunes improving, but challenges remain — PwC

A strong price recovery for the main commodities South Africa mines and exports has helped the country’s sector stage a turnaround in 2017, the first time in five years the industry is back in the black.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 29, 2017 | 9:03 am

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