Iron Ore Top Stories

European automakers BMW, Volvo to trial new LME steel contracts

Industry sources say automaker interest bodes well for the contracts, but new contracts usually take years to gain traction and a lack of interest from steelmakers could slow the process.

Reuters | November 6, 2018 | 9:55 am

BHP suspends Western Australia rail operations after runaway train incident

BHP suspended all its iron ore rail operations on Monday…

Reuters | November 5, 2018 | 9:26 am

Vale and Emirates Steel sign major deal

Emirates Steel requires inputs of around 6 million tonnes of…

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | November 4, 2018 | 8:55 am

China demand for Vale ore to keep price above $90/tonne in 2019 -CFO

What will define Chinese demand for iron ore is continued…

Reuters | November 2, 2018 | 9:54 am

BHP to return $10.4 billion in buyback, special dividend bonanza

BHP had promised to return all of the net proceeds…

Reuters | November 1, 2018 | 2:27 pm

Iron ore price falls again as Chinese stockpiles reverse downward trend

Cyclone Rusty's supply disruptions not affecting market.

Frik Els | February 25, 2013 | 11:11 pm

Spotting the miners that can survive: Eric Coffin

In order to make wise investment decisions, gold investors must coldly assess economic realities.

The Gold Report | February 25, 2013 | 3:45 pm

Cyclone Rusty closes major Western Australian ports

Cyclone hitting a region where half of the world's seaborne iron ore is shipped

Michael Allan McCrae | February 24, 2013 | 7:56 pm

My best and worst decision: outgoing BHP Billiton’s Marius Kloppers

It was alumina, not aluminum

Michael Allan McCrae | February 24, 2013 | 5:16 pm

Kloppers to walk out of BHP with $75 million in his pocket

If paid, the exit package will put Kloppers in the league of Macquarie Bank’s former CEO, Allan Moss, who got $80 million.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 22, 2013 | 4:00 pm

The great mining CEO purge

Or how I learned to stop worrying and love austerity.

Frik Els | February 22, 2013 | 12:52 am

Canadian mining deal value and volume down 37%, 19% in 2012: Ernst & Young

Canada maintains high stake in global M&A activity, suffers a difficult 2012.

Ernst & Young | February 21, 2013 | 5:39 pm

Iron ore price at 16-month high as Chinese stockpiles drop to 3-year lows

China's steelmakers are restocking.

Frik Els | February 20, 2013 | 10:43 pm

BHP drops 4% as Kloppers departs

He played a leading role in transforming the iron ore trade.

Frik Els | February 20, 2013 | 7:37 pm

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