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Iron ore price tumbles as China’s demand outlook darkens

Chinese mills have idled dozens of blast furnaces as stocks piled up after domestic demand weakened, hit by covid-19 restrictions and bad weather.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | July 4, 2022 | 11:34 am

Guinea halts Simandou iron ore project again

Mines minister said Rio Tinto's subsidiary Simfer and China-backed consortium…

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 4, 2022 | 3:58 am

Australia sees commodities boom lifting exports to fresh record

Australia’s minerals exports are set to reach unseen heights for…

Bloomberg News | July 3, 2022 | 9:46 am

Iron ore price tumbles as recession fears fuel commodities selloff

"It's not just China where steel output is under pressure,"…

Reuters | July 1, 2022 | 2:44 pm

Vale secures natural gas supply for 100% of pelletizing ops

The deal is set to allow Vale's Sao Luis plant…

Reuters | July 1, 2022 | 8:17 am

Iron ore price lowest since December on worries of oversupply of steel in China

Renewed covid restrictions dampening overall domestic demand.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | June 22, 2022 | 9:31 am

Rio Tinto opens Gudai-Darri, its most technologically advanced mine in Pilbara

Its Rio's first greenfield mine in the Pilbara in more than a decade and a multi-billion-dollar investment.

Staff Writer | June 21, 2022 | 3:33 pm

Vale to spend $400 million in 2022 to remove tailings dams

The dam elimination program has already cost the company $857 million of the $4 billion it projects to spend by 2035.

Reuters | June 21, 2022 | 2:02 pm

Over-optimism among China steelmakers behind iron ore’s price plunge

Iron ore lost almost a quarter of its value in a dizzying eight-day plunge through Monday.

Bloomberg News | June 21, 2022 | 8:29 am

BHP, Vale reject Brazil steelmaker CSN’s interest, say miner Samarco is not for sale

Brazilian steelmaker CSN hired restructuring firm RK Partners to draft a proposal to buy control of Samarco.

Reuters | June 21, 2022 | 7:47 am

Martian moon could be crucial for asteroid mining

Researchers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics have shown that mining the Main Belt of asteroids that orbit between Mars and Jupiter could be done profitably.

Staff Writer | June 21, 2022 | 5:10 am

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Iron ore price tumbles as China’s demand outlook darkens

Guinea halts Simandou iron ore project again

Australia sees commodities boom lifting exports to fresh record

Iron ore price tumbles as recession fears fuel commodities selloff

Vale secures natural gas supply for 100% of pelletizing ops

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Over-optimism among China steelmakers behind iron ore’s price plunge

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Brazil steelmaker CSN drafting bid for miner Samarco

Iron ore price sinks amid growing pessimism over demand outlook in China

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