May 21, 2012 Iron ore hits six-month low as China just says no Iron ore prices fell on Monday to six-month lows of $130/tonne as Chinese steelmakers demand cargo deferrals or simply default on shipments.
May 21, 2012 Motley Fool says Rio Tinto is a 4-star stock ready to pop Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, global mining giant Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO ) has earned a respected…
May 20, 2012 Tata Steel forecasts improved demand amid European woes India's Tata Steel forecast improving global demand in spite of European woes, as the world's No.7 steelmaker reported a bigger-than-expected drop in quarterly profit after being squeezed by weak prices,…
May 20, 2012 Alrosa not planning major investment in Timir iron ore project Interfax cited Mr Igor Kulichik Russian diamond miner vice president and financial director as saying that Alrosa is not planning major investments in the near term in the Timir iron…
May 20, 2012 MMTC inks supply pacts with Japanese, South Korean steel companies State-owned trading giant MMTC has inked pacts with Japanese and South Korean steel companies including Posco, to supply 2.8 million tonnes of iron ore annually for a period of three…
May 20, 2012 Rio Tinto seeks OK for W. Australia iron-ore mine Rio Tinto PLC RIO -2.50% has unveiled its latest iron ore mine development plans to start the construction next year of its Turee Syncline project in Western Australia, according to…
May 19, 2012 Junior resource investment in a financial meltdown – the Good, the Bad and the Ugly Rick Rule's presentation at the New York Hard Assets Conference earlier this week sees some light for the informed junior resource investor despite current patterns which have mostly been Bad…
May 18, 2012 Golden Dory ups stake in Labrador iron deposit Golden Dory Resources says it is increasing its stake in the Gabbro Lake iron ore deposit in Canada's Labrador Trough.
May 18, 2012 India the next China? Don’t bet on it, says BHP Michael Pascoe, writing for the Sydney Morning Herald, hits on a little-reported theme gleaned from remarks by BHP Billiton chairman Jac Nasser this week in Sydney.
May 18, 2012 Planetary Resources doesn’t want more people onboard its asteroids-mining ship Less than a month after officially launching its asteroid-mining plans, Google’s billionaire co-founders and filmmaker James Cameron’s owned company Planetary Resources, has already decided not to accept any more job…
China’s November net gold imports via Hong Kong more than doubled from October Spot gold prices have risen about 72% this year, hitting a record $4,549.71 an ounce on Friday, the biggest annual gain since 1979. December 29, 2025 | 07:35 am