Iron Ore Top Stories

Fortescue iron ore shipments rise 9% on China demand

China's iron ore imports in 2019 stood at their second-highest level ever.

Reuters | January 29, 2020 | 3:31 pm

What every mining CEO needs to know about climate change

A new report by McKinsey found 30 to 50% of…

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 29, 2020 | 12:36 pm

The coronavirus won’t wreck the commodities market

Investors are certainly making bets.

Bloomberg Opinion | January 28, 2020 | 3:30 pm

Turkey’s Cengiz ready to bid for British Steel if Chinese deal collapses

Jingye Group announced a provisional deal to buy British Steel…

Reuters | January 26, 2020 | 1:30 pm

Vale raises emergency watch level for its Gongo Soco mine dam after heavy rain

The dam is safe and secure, Vale said, but had…

Reuters | January 26, 2020 | 1:15 pm

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Iron ore price plummets on Chinese black swan talk

Iron ore price drops 3.5% Tuesday to levels last seen during the emergence of the spot market.

Frik Els | December 23, 2014 | 7:18 pm

Atlas Iron to take a $900 million write-down

It said the exact amount of the impairment is subject to forecast iron ore prices, exchange rates and market conditions when assessed on December 31.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 23, 2014 | 5:27 pm

Australia cuts iron price forecast 33% on ‘structural change’

The severity of the slide in iron ore prices appears to have caught even the top exporting country's Department of Industry by surprise.

Frik Els | December 22, 2014 | 11:54 pm

UK data watchdog hands defeat to Steinmetz over request to quell Simandou mining deal critics

Steinmetz and three BSGR directors argued that Global Witness had obtained personal information about them without authorization and wanted it to be forced to reveal what specific data it held.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 22, 2014 | 12:14 pm

Judge turns down Vale bid to dismiss Rio Tinto lawsuit in U.S.

The court said Vale had failed to convince him to dismiss the case in which it is accused of conspiring to steal Rio's rights for part of iron ore reserve potentially worth billions.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 18, 2014 | 4:47 pm

Mining stocks rally across the board

Huge advances in all sectors from potash and uranium to copper and gold led by a 10% surge in diversified Canadian heavyweight Teck Resources.

Frik Els | December 18, 2014 | 12:19 am

India joins iron ore output surge

State-owned iron ore miner NMDC to triple production to 100 million tonnes per year by the end of the decade.

Frik Els | December 17, 2014 | 10:19 pm

Iron ore hits new low after weakest China imports in 16 years

Benchmark iron ore price drops to fresh five-and-a-half-year low after November Chinese imports fall for the first time since 1998.

Frik Els | December 17, 2014 | 8:14 pm

Be bold and seek the sizzle, says VSA Capital’s Paul Renken

He seeks the "sizzle," or the narrative, in mining equities because the sizzle moves the story.

The Mining Report | December 16, 2014 | 5:32 pm

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