May 29, 2012 BHP and Rio Tinto not enthusiastic about hiring foreign workers BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto won’t be following Australia’s richest person and number four on the list of the world of mining's billionaires Gina Rinehart’s plan to import foreign workers…
May 29, 2012 Fly-in Fly-out Australian miners to blame for rise in STIs The Australian Medical Association says fly-in fly-out work in Queensland has led significant increases in sexually transmitted infections in mining communities.
May 29, 2012 Why a remote area in Canada is poised to become one of the world’s major iron ore producing regions The Labrador trough. An infographic.
May 29, 2012 Traditional owners greenlight NT iron ore mine Traditional owners in the Gulf of Carpentaria region of the Northern Territory have given their approval to a proposed iron ore mine.
May 28, 2012 Centrex boosts iron ore reserves in new Australia frontier Iron ore company Centrex Metals on Friday more than tripled the estimated reserves at its prospect in southern Australia, a growing zone for new iron ore sources that is attracting…
May 28, 2012 Chinese coal, iron ore defaults prompt mystery Over the last two weeks, Chinese consumers of thermal coal and iron ore have been defaulting on their contracts, sending prices sharply down.
May 28, 2012 An ‘abundance’ of targets for asteroid miners "Space is big. Really Big. You just won't believe how vastly hugely, mind-bogglingly big," as the Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy once noted. About the only thing nearly as big,…
May 28, 2012 Singapore-based iron ore platform to compete with China’s beginning on Wednesday A second major physical iron ore trading platform, supported by major mining companies and Chinese steelmakers will launch this Wednesday, competing directly with China's new own platform in a race…
May 28, 2012 Australian mining community outraged by government’s decision to grant first ever right to hire foreign workers Australia’s decision to grant first ever right to hire foreign workers at the Roy Hill project in the Pilbara on Friday has sparked heated critics by local unions and the…
May 27, 2012 Big miners playing game of chicken as marginal producers sink below break-even Smaller miners are waiting for production cutbacks by the market leaders to prop up prices the way Saudi-Arabia comes to the rescue of oil producing nations whenever the crude price…
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
