April 14, 2019 China isn’t ready for iron ore deficit, Steelhome’s Wu says The founder of Shanghai Steelhome Information Technology Co. said disruptions will amount to 60 million tons of lost supply this year.
April 12, 2019 Brazil President says Amazon rainforest reserve should be opened to mining President Jair Bolsonaro said on Friday the country could open a vast reserve in the Amazon rainforest to mining, a move attempted by his predecessor that was quickly rescinded following…
April 11, 2019 Cobalt, uranium and silver prices expected to rally in 2019 But the iron ore price surge won't last says new survey of commodity analysts.
April 10, 2019 Iron ore price rally could give BHP, Rio Tinto 30% earnings boost The supply/demand dynamics benefit Australia’s iron ore miners, according to the latest research by the Macquarie Group.
April 9, 2019 Vale says BSG ordered to pay it $1.25B The joint venture intended to explore for iron assets at the Simandou prospect, but the concession was revoked in 2014 by Guinea's government.
April 9, 2019 Rio Tinto says fire damages Pilbara iron ore operation The company does not say whether this would impact shipping of the mineral.
April 9, 2019 Squeeze from Brazilian iron ore disasters a boon for $1.5B magnetite pellet project The Brazilian mine dam collapses and resultant forced shutdown of some of that country’s iron ore mines had caused a major seaborne supply squeeze across all of the commodity’s types.
April 8, 2019 Vale opens talks on compensation for dam disaster victims Vale SA has opened negotiations with prosecutors and families of victims of the deadly January dam disaster.
April 8, 2019 As Goldman backs off, Citi says chase iron ore rally to $100 Iron ore’s poised to hit $100 a ton, according to Citigroup, which highlighted “very, very low” seaborne cargoes just as data from China may show a pick-up in demand.
April 8, 2019 A million tonnes of copper is on the way: it may not be enough Giant mines currently under construction will churn out an additional one million tonnes of copper through 2023, but that won’t be enough.
Super Copper’s Cordillera project approved by Chile’s National Mining Authority The concessions cover approximately 6,858 hectares in the Atacama copper belt. December 24, 2025 | 11:24 am