February 15, 2019 China won’t come to the rescue in global iron ore supply crisis “If China’s mines could produce more they would already be doing so."
February 15, 2019 Not so autonomous: Wifi outage results in driverless truck crash at Fortescue mine One of the trucks was traveling at low speed and ran into another that was parked at its Christmas Creek iron ore mine in Australia's Pilbara region.
February 15, 2019 Eight Vale employees arrested in Brazil as part of dam collapse probe Four people from the German consulting group Tüv Süd, company that certified the safety of Vale’s dams, were also detained.
February 14, 2019 Technology to redesign 77% of Australian mining jobs over next five years — report An injection of A$5 billion to A$13 billion in workforce capability will be needed over the next decade.
February 14, 2019 China iron ore imports rise on pre-holiday restocking Iron ore supply is expected to tighten after the Vale accident, but actual effects in the Chinese market will not occur until late March.
February 14, 2019 Brazilian mine tragedy will not be the last tailings dam disaster Our current prediction is for 19 very serious failures between 2018 and 2027.
February 13, 2019 Brazil’s Vale resumes operations at Espírito Santo port terminal -filing The authorities had closed the port terminal operated by the miner and fined it 35 million reais ($9.43 million) for throwing mining residues in the sea.
February 13, 2019 ‘Let’s make Vale private again,’ but just not yet State-development bank BNDES intends to sell shares in the miner, but has yet to find a good moment to do so.
February 13, 2019 China’s iron ore futures extend pullback amid supply speculation "I think this is just a natural volatility after such a big supply shock"
February 12, 2019 NGOs push to expel Brazil miner Vale from UN pact over dam disaster "The Brumadinho disaster shows that favoring profit over safety has been Vale's standard operating procedure."
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