Iron Ore Top Stories

Tug-of-war: China’s steel sector grapples short-term bulls, longer-term bears

China's steel sector is currently locked in a struggle between largely bearish longer-term structural factors and short-term cyclical influences, some of which are bullish.

Reuters | March 21, 2019 | 9:18 am

Another 10MT of iron ore off the market as Vale halts Alegria mine

The preventive measure was taken after a stress test failed…

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 21, 2019 | 7:04 am

Miner Vale quashed efforts to validate dam safety before disaster – prosecutor

A state prosecutor filed subpoenas with Vale last June to…

Reuters | March 20, 2019 | 10:23 am

Cyclone lurks off West Australia as storm hits Rio mine in East

Cyclone Trevor is expected to rapidly strengthen as it moves…

Bloomberg News | March 20, 2019 | 9:14 am

Data scientists and geoscientists offered A$1m to predict next big mineral deposit in South Australia

The idea is to speed up the exploration lifecycle and…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | March 20, 2019 | 7:16 am

Brazil’s president unveils new mining law

Reforms include proposal to potentially double mining royalties to 4%.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 19, 2013 | 1:39 pm

Iron ore price extends 6% rally as China mulls relaxing import rules

The proposed end to the licensing system marks something of retreat for Beijing which has made many attempts to wrest control over pricing away from the major producers.

Frik Els | June 18, 2013 | 7:13 pm

VIDEO: Guinea’s fight for its iron ore billions

One of the greatest prizes in all of mining, perhaps the world, is the iron mountains of Simandou in Guinea, half of which was given away by a former dictator of the West African nation for free.

Frik Els | June 18, 2013 | 4:46 pm

Rio Tinto very close to selling Iron Ore of Canada: report

China Minmetals Corp confirmed Tuesday it is considering a bid.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 18, 2013 | 1:34 pm

JP Morgan urges more positive view of mining stocks

Unfortunately the optimism does not extend to mining services stocks.

MINING.com Editor | June 18, 2013 | 12:43 am

Resurgent Aussie dollar gives huge boost to Brazil, South Africa iron ore exporters

While the real and rand continues to weaken significantly, the Australian dollar is staging an impressive comeback and dealing damage to Rio Tinto and BHP.

Frik Els | June 17, 2013 | 8:18 pm

Rio Tinto raises US$3 billion in bond issue

Bookrunners are BNP Paribas Securities Corp., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Credit Suisse (USA) LLC and RBS Securities Inc.

Michael Allan McCrae | June 15, 2013 | 4:25 pm

Miners’ new trilogy: flat revenues, profit drop and weak share prices

Report shows mining companies are not longer trusted on their abilities to control costs, deliver on promises and cope with resource nationalization demands.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 14, 2013 | 2:33 pm

Mitsubishi puts Australian iron ore project on hold

It failed to find an investment partner.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 14, 2013 | 11:05 am

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