Iron Ore Top Stories

Back on the menu: Chinese steel mills regain taste for high-grade iron ore

Prices of 65% iron-content ore for delivery to China hit a five-year-peak of $110.5 a tonne on Thursday, while its premium to benchmark 62% ore widened to five-month highs.

Reuters | May 13, 2019 | 9:32 am

Top miners saw positive FY2018

Supported metal prices, debts being slashed, and production efficiency growth…

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | May 12, 2019 | 8:16 am

Vale hopes to return to 400 million tonnes annual output in 2-3 years, CFO says

At the same time, CFO Luciano Siani said that quickly…

Reuters | May 10, 2019 | 9:35 am

Amazon rainforest is ours and not yours, Brazil tells the world

The comments coincide with government plans to review existing conservation…

Bloomberg News | May 10, 2019 | 9:27 am

Vale posts $1.64B loss for quarter marred by deadly dam burst

The company had posted a net profit of $1.59 billion…

Reuters | May 9, 2019 | 3:38 pm

Mark Lackey: What happens to a mine deferred?

The shuttering of huge copper and iron ore projects gives the Street the blues, but the resulting squeeze in supply can lead to explosive price hikes.

The Mining Report | March 25, 2014 | 9:12 pm

Gas sector to replace mining as Australia’s main growth driver

Together with other four key industries, gas could add $250 billion to the economy over the next two decades, shows a new study.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 24, 2014 | 10:40 am

Value of US mineral production decreased in 2013

Not because of lower production but lower metals prices.

Ana Komnenic | March 23, 2014 | 3:08 pm

‘Inevitable large surplus’ to crush iron ore price to double digits

Iron ore price is already down 17.% this year, but supply ramp up of cheap ore will result in further falls in the second half of 2014 says new research report.

Frik Els | March 23, 2014 | 10:18 am