Iron Ore Top Stories

Vale opens iron ore grinding hub in China

The Brazilian miner is producing high-grade iron ore fines for pelletizing at its new three-million-tonnes-a-year grinding hub in China's Zhoushan.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 25, 2020 | 4:46 am

Rio Tinto chiefs lose millions over aboriginal site blast

Rio will cut short-term bonuses of some senior executives after…

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 24, 2020 | 3:53 am

Fortescue opens talks with Afghanistan on nation’s mining riches

Country has struggled to accelerate development of an estimated $1…

Bloomberg News | August 21, 2020 | 8:40 am

MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week

Iron ore prices hit six-and-half year highs, BHP defers decision…

MINING.com Editor | August 20, 2020 | 3:44 pm

Metal markets caught out by strength of Chinese stimulus

The ghost of 2009 is looming ever larger in the…

Andy Home - Reuters | August 20, 2020 | 10:09 am

Vale iron ore output falls in second quarter but still beats estimates

It produced 86.82 million tonnes of iron ore in the April-to-June period, down 2.8% from a year earlier.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 21, 2016 | 6:03 am

Metals and mining rally has staying power

Industrial metals are now all trading above their 100-day moving averages and most are no longer in backwardation.

Frik Els | July 20, 2016 | 6:54 pm

Heavy snowfall in Chile forces Anglo to cut annual copper target

Shares plunged after miner revealed that output fell almost across the board in the April – June period.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 20, 2016 | 3:41 am

BHP’s copper output to bounce back

World's top miner expects to produce 1.7 million tonnes in 2017 as output at giant Escondida mine jumps 9%.

Frik Els | July 19, 2016 | 5:13 pm

Ugly week for iron ore price

Down 6.3% over five trading days.

Frik Els | July 19, 2016 | 3:35 pm

Mick Davis to overhaul X2 Resources as fund fails to close any mining deal

Recovering commodity prices and investors' veto on deals have frustrated Davis and his team in their search for mining and metals bargains.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 19, 2016 | 4:26 am

Did $78 billion South African gold exports really go missing?

According to a UN report, since 2000 two-thirds of South Africa's gold exports – mostly to India – did not appear on its trade partners' books.

Frik Els | July 18, 2016 | 3:15 pm

Mount Gibson’s new iron ore mine in Australia closer to final approval

The approval of Iron Hill mine would the iron ore producer to remain in business for another two to three years.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 18, 2016 | 5:15 am

BHP unlikely to reopen Samarco this year amid Brazil’s criminal probe

The firm said about 40% of its Brazilian workforce would take voluntary redundancy to reflect reduced production.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 14, 2016 | 6:00 am

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