Only one-eighth of the solar system should be mined – studyResearchers want space-miners to focus on the Moon, Mars and iron-rich bodies tumbling through the asteroid belt and leave things such as Jupiter and Saturn alone.Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | May 19, 2019 | 7:55 am
Iron ore price tops $100 a tonne for the first time in 5 yearsIncreasing supply worries after Vale warns of another dam burst.Frik Els | May 17, 2019 | 11:12 am
South Africa’s Kumba Iron Ore sees higher H1 headline profitThe company said on Tuesday first-half headline earnings is expected…Reuters | May 14, 2019 | 9:37 am
Iron ore price lifted by strong Chinese steel growth Beginnings of the hukou effect? Frik Els | November 20, 2013 | 7:17 pm
Cyber attacks are miners latest major threat They can even affect the prices of certain commodities, study warns. Cecilia Jamasmie | November 20, 2013 | 12:01 pm
Vale Canada charged in fatal Thompson mine accident First time a mine has been charged in Manitoba in connection to the death of a worker. Cecilia Jamasmie | November 18, 2013 | 6:34 pm
Vale handed way out of $14bn tax dispute Miner has until the end of the week to accept or reject the terms of a government’s tax amnesty proposal. Cecilia Jamasmie | November 18, 2013 | 5:03 pm
Rio Tinto’s Simandou project to cost over $18 billion Chinese giant Chalco, in the process of is selling its stake in the project to parent Chinalco, said it will get a bit over $2bn for the transaction. Cecilia Jamasmie | November 15, 2013 | 6:00 pm
Glencore Xstrata starts trading in South Africa, poised to sell Lonmin stake The miner and trading house ranks now among the top three on the JSE in terms of market capitalization. Cecilia Jamasmie | November 13, 2013 | 2:38 pm
Aussie exports to China by state and territory "Thank China, thank Western Australia, and thank iron ore." MINING.com Editor | November 13, 2013 | 2:42 am
Current iron ore prices ‘money for old rope’: BC Iron Record sales to China expanding a bull market. Cecilia Jamasmie | November 12, 2013 | 7:18 pm
Vale pockets $1.1bn from Norway sale Vale, the world's biggest iron ore miner, is continuing with its strategy of divesting its non-care assets. Frik Els | November 11, 2013 | 7:46 pm