Iron Ore Top Stories

South Africa’s Kumba Iron Ore 2018 headline earnings edge lower

"While challenges are part of the uncertain environment that we operate in... we have the right strategy and teams in place to create sustainable shareholder value."

Reuters | February 19, 2019 | 10:51 am

BHP can’t rescue iron ore market after Brazil dam disaster

'We don’t see the case for any major investment in…

Bloomberg News | February 19, 2019 | 10:24 am

BHP urges miners to create global body to oversee tailings dams

CEO Andrew Mackenzie said it was too early to say…

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 19, 2019 | 3:20 am

Brazil bans upstream mining dams after Vale’s latest disaster

All so-called upstream dams need to be decommissioned or removed…

Bloomberg News | February 18, 2019 | 12:51 pm

How South African mines cope with power cuts

The utility gives the industry notice to reduce their power…

Reuters | February 18, 2019 | 12:33 pm

The commodities supercycle is ‘not dead, just resting’

Delaying big new mining projects is a "self-serving" strategy: supply shortages will eventually drive prices back up.

MINING.com Editor | May 25, 2013 | 6:14 am

Vedanta raises $1.7bn, India’s largest ever offshore bond sale

This is a landmark transaction for Vedanta, which is joining domestic peers in catching the flood of US dollars being unleashed by central banks.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 24, 2013 | 2:21 pm

Glencore Dominican exploration refused by United Nations

“The environmental impact study is, according to our evaluation, incomplete and superficial.”

MINING.com Editor | May 23, 2013 | 1:00 pm

Sweden bulldozes town to reach more iron ore

About 35% of the town will move, including 65% of the apartments, over the course of several years.

Kerry Hall | May 22, 2013 | 10:42 pm

Mining billionaire Clive Palmer wins royalties dispute over Chinese firm

"It is a significant victory for Mineralogy and an important vindication of the rule of Australian law."

MINING.com Editor | May 22, 2013 | 9:22 pm

Commodity supercycle is essentially over: Citigroup

Group expects 2013 to be year in which “the death bells ring for the commodity supercycle after its duly noted sunset.”

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 21, 2013 | 6:35 pm

Australia is riding on the miner’s back: Rinehart

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Michael Allan McCrae | May 17, 2013 | 3:31 pm

BHP finds new Guinea exit strategy

"Our decision to focus on the OECD was deliberate and, I would argue, increasingly looks like the right call."

MINING.com Editor | May 17, 2013 | 12:54 am

Canada launches major research initiative to improve mining success

The joint public-private partnership project is worth more than $11 million and will last five years.

Kerry Hall | May 15, 2013 | 9:13 pm

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