April 2, 2020 Shanghai iron ore, steel futures recover from losses in early trade Benchmark iron ore futures on the Dalian Commodity Exchange recovered after a 3% drop earlier, ending up 0.9% at 647 yuan a tonne.
April 1, 2020 Vale ponders short-term options to raise Brucutu mine output Operations at Brucutu, with an annual capacity of 30 million tonnes, have been halted at various times over the past year.
March 31, 2020 South32 files request for arbitration in Colombia royalty dispute There is a dispute over royalty payments from its majority-owned Cerro Matoso ferronickel mine.
March 31, 2020 Vale says resumption of lost capacity could be slowed Vale calculates roughly 18 million tonnes of output could be interrupted in the transoceanic market.
March 28, 2020 Guinea partners with China-backed consortium at Simandou The Simandou deposit holds estimated reserves of more than 2 billion tonnes of high-grade iron ore.
March 27, 2020 Australia’s iron ore giants push workers to stay at mine sites to escape coronavirus Rio Tinto, BHP and Fortescue are moving workers who would usually commute from major cities to stay on site for a minimum of two weeks.
March 27, 2020 South Africa lockdown to hit Anglo American output Most of the company’s mines remain open, but with reduced workforce and production.
March 26, 2020 Worldwide mining disruptions On a global scale, work is grinding to a halt and mines are being placed on temporary care and maintenance.
March 26, 2020 Vale to battle coronavirus with thermal cameras The cameras will be imported from Sweden and China and begin arriving at the end of March.
March 25, 2020 China’s first iron ore futures ETF raises $11m ahead of Friday debut The ETF will track the Dalian Commodity Exchange iron ore futures index and use its closing price on March 20 as a benchmark.
Iron ore logs annual gain in a dramatic recovery fuelled by steel exports Prices of the key steelmaking ingredient had come under pressure earlier this year on expectations of a supply glut and forecasts of faltering demand in China. December 31, 2025 | 09:27 am
