April 19, 2021

Rio Tinto’s iron ore output falls 2% on labour shortage, weather issues

Tropical cyclone Seroja impacted operations in April while labour resource availability and above average wet weather in the mines disrupted maintenance.

April 19, 2021

Iron ore price extends rally as market focus shifts to output reports

Vale, Rio Tinto and BHP are due to report production data this week as well as give market outlooks.

April 19, 2021

Australia’s latest resources boom is driving a surge in IPOs

The Australian Stock Exchange notched up 42 IPOs in mining-related businesses over the past 12 months despite the Covid-19 pandemic.

April 16, 2021

Iron ore price hits 10-year high on rising steel demand

Goldman Sachs see prices falling back to $110 a tonne by the fourth quarter.

April 16, 2021

Fortescue reaches 1.5 billion tonnes shipped from Pilbara

The company achieved the milestone less than three years after it shipped its billionth tonne from Herb Elliott Port in Port Hedland.

April 15, 2021

Iron ore price jumps on big spread between spot cargoes and futures

Goldman Sachs expects the market to enter a surplus in the second half of the year on higher Brazilian exports.

April 15, 2021

BHP completes its first refuelling of a ship with biofuel

The mining giant is exploring the use of bunker fuels such as liquefied natural gas and biofuels to replace fuel oil, aiming to reduce carbon emissions by 40% when shipping…

April 15, 2021

Anglo American to run South America mines 100% on renewables

The company will power its copper, iron ore and nickel operations in Chile, Peru and Brazil on green energy by 2022.

April 13, 2021

Iron ore price jumps as Brazil, Australia shipments delayed

Shipments from Australia and Brazil fell by 4m tonnes compared to previous week.

April 12, 2021

Brazil court accepts Samarco’s request for bankruptcy protection

The firm's financial trouble is connected to the collapse of a dam containing mining waste at a Samarco mine in 2015, killing 19 people