September 28, 2012 NASA takes asteroid mining seriously; funds viability study Only five months after Google’s billionaire co-founders and filmmaker James Cameron officially launched their asteroid mining focused Planetary Resources company, the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is funding…
September 28, 2012 Chinese stimulus spending won’t save Aussie iron ore boom A senior manager from China's largest listed steel maker has said the government's stimulus package will do little to revive Australia's beleaguered iron ore sector.
September 28, 2012 China’s economic slowdown to hit commodities exporters hard A new report released by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) indicates that commodities exporters and emerging economies will be hardest hit by slower growth in China and a concomitant decline…
September 27, 2012 Vale says iron ore won’t go below $100 – 40% of Chinese output is already off the market With iron content in domestic Chinese ore at only 20%, the country simply cannot compete on price with the top exporting countries.
September 27, 2012 BHP expects economic growth in China to strengthen through year-end, long-term view positive Alan Chirgwin, general manager of marketing at BHP Billiton's iron ore division, said the company expects economic growth in China to firm up through the rest of the year. He…
September 27, 2012 Survey: Finland is top mining destination, Mexico jumps 16 places Australia's Dragon Mining announced the discovery of a promising new area of gold deposits in Kuusamo, Finland, only hours after the country was announced as the top destination for mining…
September 27, 2012 BHP hopes for an extension to Olympic Dam expansion plan BHP Billiton, the world's number one miner, has put its $30 billion Olympic Dam copper-uranium expansion back in the spotlight by asking South Australia state for a 46-month extension for…
September 27, 2012 Aussie mining heiresses duke it out in court over Hope Downs deposits The scions of two of Australia's leading mining dynasties are waging battle in court once again, this time over ownership of the Hope Downs iron ore deposits in Western Australia's…
September 26, 2012 Iron ore consolidates as Chinese steel production drops again Iron ore prices continued to trade in triple digits on Wednesday, adding $0.50 to $104.20 a tonne, as it appears to enter […]
September 26, 2012 BHP, Rio Tinto in talks with Chinese steelmakers over iron ore lump premiums for 4Q 2012 Industry sources confirmed today that BHP Billiton Limited and Rio Tinto are holding talks with Chinese steelmakers over iron ore lump premiums for 4Q 2012.
Iron ore price nears best close since November on year-end metal rally The steelmaking ingredient advanced for a third straight session in Singapore, climbing nearly 1.8% to as much as $106.55 a ton in intraday trading. December 29, 2025 | 07:51 am
