Iron Ore Top Stories

BHP to hire 1,500 to support Australia operations

The jobs will be offered as six-month contracts and cover a range of skills needed by BHP operations in the short term.

Bruno Venditti | March 20, 2020 | 10:07 am

Vale may continue operating Malaysia port after coronavirus assessment

Teluk Rubiah shipped 23.7 million tonnes of iron ore in…

Reuters | March 20, 2020 | 9:25 am

Fidelity’s Brazil trade highlights ESG world’s new conflicts

A few years ago, only a select group of money…

Bloomberg News | March 18, 2020 | 10:07 am

Vale may temporarily halt activities in Malaysia distribution center

The company said 2020 production and sales volumes would not…

Reuters | March 18, 2020 | 9:06 am

Vale adopts home office measures amid coronavirus pandemic

Company's 1,800 employees at its Rio de Janeiro headquarters will…

Reuters | March 16, 2020 | 1:03 pm

Biggest steel breakthrough in decades

Korean scientists create a cheap, flexible steel with a strength to weight ratio of today's best titanium alloys using a nickel catalyst.

Frik Els | February 24, 2015 | 7:46 pm

This BHP slide will bring tears to iron ore price bulls eyes

Weak iron ore prices have become the accepted industry norm, but the world's top miner also has bad news for those hoping for a pick-up in the long term.

Frik Els | February 24, 2015 | 7:25 pm

BHP pins hopes on spin-off South32

In the second half of 2014 the businesses bound for South32 generated $5bn worth of revenue and almost $890m of earnings before interest and tax.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 24, 2015 | 3:41 pm

Canada’s Saskatchewan second only to Finland as world’s top mining destination

The potash and oil-rich province was placed at the top of the Fraser Institute's annual rank of mining companies.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 24, 2015 | 11:37 am

BHP slashing costs faster than expected

World number one miner notches "productivity gains" of $2.4 billion as profits fall 47% in second half of 2014.

Frik Els | February 23, 2015 | 10:50 pm

Seabed mining dreams shattered by New Zealand latest decision

The country's refusal of a deep sea mining venture off its coast has cast a shadow over the emerging mining practice.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 22, 2015 | 2:57 pm

Vale smashes iron ore production record

Brazil’s Vale (NYSE:VALE), the world’s largest producer of iron ore, continued to flood the market with product in 2014 despite sharply lower prices.

Andrew Topf | February 19, 2015 | 10:57 pm

PICS: Cops confiscate Eike Batista’s beloved cars, Faberge egg

Brazilian tycoon Eike Batista's riches to rags ride is a white-knuckle one.

Frik Els | February 18, 2015 | 4:46 pm

Iron ore price surges

Biggest jump of the year lifts iron ore price more than 6% off 2015 low.

Frik Els | February 16, 2015 | 8:21 pm

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