Iron Ore Top Stories

Rising supplies set to undermine iron ore price rally

Iron ore’s rally, underpinned by China’s massive construction boom, is at risk of slowing as miners ramp up output.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | August 20, 2020 | 9:48 am

BHP and Rio Tinto show the swings and arrows of China commodity exposure

It may be a bit of an oversimplification, but in…

Reuters | August 20, 2020 | 8:07 am

Iron ore price rockets to highest since January 2014

China's $680 billion post-pandemic splurge on infrastructure sparks record steel…

Frik Els | August 18, 2020 | 12:55 pm

Australia aboriginal group says miners’ use of gag clauses needs review

The Banjima people say agreements have stopped traditional owners from…

Reuters | August 18, 2020 | 8:43 am

BHP falls short of expected profit, warns of slowing growth outside China

Disruptions due to covid-19 overshadowed firm iron ore prices and…

Reuters | August 17, 2020 | 3:36 pm

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Bloom Lake finds a buyer in Champion Iron

Nearly a year after going bust, the troubled Bloom Lake Mine in Eastern Canada has a new owner.

Andrew Topf | December 13, 2015 | 2:24 pm

Some think not too soon for Anglo obituary

Anglo-American perceived as "the most likely of the diversified mining majors to go bust" even if it "goes down fighting".

Frik Els | December 11, 2015 | 11:44 am

World’s first seafloor miner inks copper sales deal with Chinese customer

The new agreement replaces a previous three-year contract that would have seen Nautilus supplying 1.1 million tonnes of unrefined copper ore to Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 11, 2015 | 6:17 am

Western Australia Iron Ore Overcoming Productivity Challenges

Immersive Technologies has released details on improvements their customers are achieving in Western Australia. Among the results reported are improvements in cycle times, production, time between machine failure and savings in training time.

Immersive Technologies | December 9, 2015 | 9:25 am

In January this guy launches a hedge fund to invest in metals

Orion's Oskar Lewnowski: "For a long time, metals were driven by financial flows... With those guys out, we are back to fundamentals."

Frik Els | December 8, 2015 | 3:58 pm

Chinese commodity demand: Crisis. What crisis?

In volume terms Chinese imports of commodities led by iron ore and copper surged 17% in November, the best month in nearly two years.

Frik Els | December 8, 2015 | 12:13 pm

Anglo American to cut 85,000 jobs, dividend and assets in sweeping restructuring

The job cuts, part of a major overhaul, are far greater than the 53,000 positions the miner said it would cut in July.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 8, 2015 | 7:54 am

Rio Tinto axes spending forecast by $1.5 billion

Once again the world's second largest mining company has cut its spending forecast for 2016, as iron ore hit new lows.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 8, 2015 | 4:45 am

Year-end inflection points: Dead ahead

It’s widely expected that the ECB and US Fed will drift even further apart in their basic policy stances this month.

Eric Coffin of HRA Advisories | December 8, 2015 | 12:01 am

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