January 10, 2022 Heavy rains force miners to halt operations in southeast Brazil Vale has partially suspended operations at its Southeastern and Southern iron ore systems due to the bad weather.
January 9, 2022 French-owned mine in Brazil ordered to stop operating after dike overflow The overflow of the dike cut off traffic on Saturday on the BR-040, a major highway linking Rio de Janeiro and Belo Horizonte.
January 9, 2022 Peru sees 60% increase in mining tax revenues Peru’s Ministry of Energy and Mines said regional and local governments saw a 60% increase in mining tax revenues in 2021.
January 8, 2022 Rains overflow dike at French-owned mine in Brazil, highway cut Heavy rainfall caused a dike to overflow on Saturday at a Brazil iron ore mine owned by French steel pipe maker Vallourec.
January 7, 2022 Iron ore price extends gains on China demand hopes Traders returned from the New Year holidays feeling optimistic about potential demand recovery in China.
January 6, 2022 Iron ore price rises on hopes of demand recovery after Beijing Olympics "After the Winter Olympics, there is an opportunity to relax the production limit for steel," analysts at Zhongzhou Futures said.
January 5, 2022 Iron ore price extends gains despite renewed steel production controls in Tangshan Dalian iron ore spot price hit highest since December 27.
December 31, 2021 Top 20 mining stories of 2021 Another record-setting year for the metals and mining industry and for MINING.COM.
December 31, 2021 Brazil secures $21m in mining land auction This was the fifth round of a larger tender process and it involved a total of 4,500 tenements of which 1,123 were purchased in the public offering stage.
December 30, 2021 Iron ore futures end 2021 with 12% drop amid China climate efforts China's benchmark iron ore futures headed to their first annual decline in three.
Iron ore price nears best close since November on year-end metal rally The steelmaking ingredient advanced for a third straight session in Singapore, climbing nearly 1.8% to as much as $106.55 a ton in intraday trading. December 29, 2025 | 07:51 am