June 20, 2012 Labrador Iron Mines reports March 2012 year-end results and provides outlook for 2012 mining season Highlights: completed equity financing for proceeds of $71.6 million, obtained environmental approval for Houston project, signed iron or sales agreement with Iron Ore Company of Canada.
June 19, 2012 Black Iron continues to intersect thick iron bands with grades exceeding 30% with three additional infill holes at Shymanivske Black Iron reported drill results at Shymanivske iron ore project in Ukraine, infill drilling and the intersection of thick iron bands in each hole with grades greater than 30% iron.
June 17, 2012 End of the supercycle is also spelling the end of radical resource nationalism "Natural resources companies with a pipeline of, say, five projects in five different countries are now likely to build just two or three of those. Thus, executives have the power…
June 17, 2012 Australia: Mine, all mine By having too much of a good thing, the argument goes, Australia, or the “quarry in China’s backyard”, has become too dependent on commodity-led growth. That has made it lazy…
June 17, 2012 Largest merchant fleet owner scrapping up to 18% of ore carriers as rates sink 98% Rates for Capesizes have plunged 98% to just under $4,000 a day from the eye-watering rate of $234,000 set in June 2008 while the Baltic Dry Index which measures overall…
June 17, 2012 African ore warning for Rio, BHP BHP Billiton's assertion that West Africa was unlikely to emerge as a key source of the world's iron ore has been challenged by a London-based investment bank behind a number…
June 17, 2012 Why I’m buying this global mining giant Diversified Australian resources company BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP) has its hands in nearly every commodity that can be pulled out of the ground.
June 14, 2012 Scathing report calls India’s 2,600 mines ‘out of control’ Illegality in the mining sector has deprived state governments of badly needed revenues, threatened the industry with costly and unpredictable shutdowns, and generated political chaos that helped bring down two…
June 14, 2012 India’s iron ore exports plunged 28% in May Coking coal imports grew 32% primarily due to higher steel production.
June 14, 2012 Macarthur Minerals substantially increases its hematite resource inventory, supported by metallurgical testwork Indicated Mineral Resource inventory has increased from a total of 13.01 Mt @ 55.2% Fe1 at a cut-off grade of 50% Fe to 54.46Mt @ 47.2% Fe at a cut-off…
Copper poised for best year since 2009 after December surge All six base metals on the LME are headed for annual gains in a year that’s seen an array of supply-side pressures. December 24, 2025 | 10:11 am