Iron Ore Top Stories

Traditional owners say Rio Tinto knew importance of caves razed for mine

The caves, for which Rio funded at least four excavations, revealed thousands of archaeological remnants subsequent to its 2013 approval to destroy the site.

Reuters | June 5, 2020 | 11:32 am

MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week

Fallout from Australian aboriginal cave blast widens, Novagold under short…

MINING.com Editor | June 4, 2020 | 5:14 pm

Guinea approves SMB-Winning deal for Simandou

The consortium won a $14 billion tender last November to…

Reuters | June 4, 2020 | 11:14 am

Latin America virus surge puts world’s biggest mines at risk

With China getting back to work and Latin America the…

Bloomberg News | June 2, 2020 | 9:31 am

Copper, iron ore prices surge on signs of quick global recovery

Chinese iron ore stockpiles fall to near-four year low and…

Frik Els | June 1, 2020 | 12:57 pm

Shrinking Chinese steel market will drag down iron ore price

The price of iron ore is holding above $50 for now, but a contraction in Chinese steel output will see producers increasingly fight for market share.

Frik Els | July 15, 2015 | 3:14 pm

Anglo American likely to cut dividend amid commodities collapse

It would be the first time since 2009 that Anglo has to cut dividends.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 15, 2015 | 6:41 am

BHP Billiton to take a $2.8 billion write-down on US assets

With this impairment BHP will have written down its oil and gas business by more than $4 billion since 2011.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 15, 2015 | 3:55 am

Only permanent supply cuts can lift metal prices

The availability of cheap money has seen boards postpone hard decisions about uneconomic capacity says Macquarie in new report.

Frik Els | July 14, 2015 | 2:05 pm

INFOGRAPHIC: Data shows investing is heavily biased by Geography

For investors, there’s no place like home. Data shows that investors are heavily sector-biased based on where they live.

Visual Capitalist | July 14, 2015 | 6:38 am

Iron ore price builds on gains

13% in two days.

Frik Els | July 10, 2015 | 1:01 pm

Iron ore price rockets 9.5%

Beijing restores confidence.

Frik Els | July 9, 2015 | 11:43 am

Iron ore prices: the worst is yet to come

Despite the rosy outlook from Australia’s top iron ore producers, they are all facing staggering demand from their biggest customer — China.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 9, 2015 | 7:40 am

Iron ore nose-dives, hits fresh lows of $44.6 per tonne

Chinese import price for 62% iron content fines at the port of Qinqdao lost $5.01 or 10.01% of its value to $44.59 a tonne, the largest percentage drop on record.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 8, 2015 | 9:10 am

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