July 10, 2013 World’s largest iron ore mine shipments hindered in Brazil Carajas, fully owned by Vale, is the world's largest iron ore mine and holds 7.2 billion metric tons of iron ore in proven and probable reserves.
July 9, 2013 Iron ore price at 8-week high on all-time record Chinese steel output Fundamentals improve as inventories at the country's blast furnaces decline sharply.
July 9, 2013 The growing political risk to miners posed by water shortages Water plays a vital role in every step of the mining process, from initial extraction to the refinement of ore.
July 8, 2013 Valemax leaves destruction in its wake China's largest private shipyard and a Korean fleet owner-operator of Vale's giant ore carriers face bankruptcy.
July 8, 2013 China frees up iron ore trade further First private Chinese trading platform starts operating this week.
July 7, 2013 Iron ore price climbs to 6-week high as Australian exports hit record Australia now supplies more than half of China's imports.
July 4, 2013 Starved for jobs, Europe shifts attitude towards mining "Growing resource nationalism in many parts of the world makes Europe more attractive from a political risk point of view."
July 3, 2013 Vedanta not interested in Rio’s Canadian iron ore Indian company pulls out of Rio Tinto iron-ore bid.
July 2, 2013 CHART: Iron ore price resumes march on $120 Outlook for rest of the year and next also brighter.
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