March 8, 2012 Australian iron ore junior pays ASIC fine BC Iron has paid a $66,000 fine after ASIC accused the West Australian junior of failing to inform the market about a potential suitor's ability to pull-out of a takeover…
March 7, 2012 Vale hunts for local support for its vessels access to China Brazilian mining giant Vale (NYSE: VALE) has contacted China's second largest container line China Shipping Group to negotiate a way for its very large ore carriers (VLOCs) to dock in…
March 6, 2012 Iron wills may not be enough for Glasenberg and Davis to make it big in the ore business The big three – BHP, Vale and Rio Tinto – control nearly 70% of the 1 billion tonne annual iron ore seaborne trade and even the combined mining and trading…
March 5, 2012 Body blow for mining heavyweights as China growth expected to slow to near decade low The mining sector's bellwether companies were all beaten down on Monday after China's premier Wen Jiabao delivered a downbeat outlook for the world's second largest economy adding that there were…
March 5, 2012 Rio Tinto to invest $2bn in Indian iron ore project Rio Tinto plans to invest $2 billion in an iron ore project in the eastern Indian state of Orissa to supply Indian and overseas clients, Sam Walsh, head of the…
March 4, 2012 Mining giant turns to content marketing to attract quality candidates Australia, Canada, South Africa and many more countries are courting a small, transient, global workforce of engineers, geologists and metallurgists to keep their mining, oil and gas, and energy operations…
March 4, 2012 Australia’s iron ore exports to China up Reuters reports iron ore shipments to Chinathrough Australia's Port Hedland rose modestly in February compared with January, according to data released by the port authority, suggesting steady demand from the…
March 2, 2012 New study says 66% of institutional investors choose Africa as number one destination. No wonder. Have you seen the size of that place? A new survey by The Economist Intelligence Unit finds when institutional investors interested in frontier markets were asked to choose two regions out of five, two-thirds see Africa – projected…
March 1, 2012 Global nickel surplus may constrain stainless steel pricing Surplus nickel and Chinese nickel pig iron production, may combine to lower nickel prices and keep stainless steel prices in check.
Copper price racks up longest rally since 2017 with bulls at the helm Futures have rallied by more than 40% this year, setting up the biggest annual advance since 2009. December 30, 2025 | 09:12 am
