October 11, 2011 India: Steel Minister sets up committee to look into coking coal buying Noticing irregularities in coking coal purchases, the Steel Ministry has set up a committee to look into the rationale behind PSUs buying more of the commodity when it is expensive,…
October 11, 2011 Is commodities pullback a good entry point Jim Rogers still sees supercycle In the past month, the popular SPDR Gold Trust (GLD) has seen its net asset value drop nearly 14%. Along those same lines, the iShares Silver Trust (SLV) has fallen…
October 9, 2011 Nordic Iron Ore says may have found one of Sweden’s largest iron deposits Christer Lindqvist, CEO of Nordic Iron Ore, announced on Sunday that the company had previously been granted a mining concession for the iron ore deposit in Blötberget and are soon…
October 8, 2011 Strict environment rules for Vale’s new $1.3 billion Malaysia iron ore mine At a ground breaking ceremony the State Chief Minister assured Malaysians that the development of the 180ha iron ore project in Teluk Rubiah, Manjung – a popular tourist area –…
October 7, 2011 Centaurus reports 65% increase at Jambreiro Centaurus Metals (ASX:CTM) slipped back to 72 cents after rising to 78 cents Thursday, on news of a positive resource estimate from its flagship Jambreiro iron ore project in Brazil.…
October 7, 2011 Vedanta Resources suffers from Indian iron ore ban Vedanta Resources, the enormous mining and metals company has seen a 36% decline in production of saleable iron ore compared to the first half of 2010. The dramatic fall is…
October 7, 2011 Brazil’s iron ore export volume up 19 percent in August over July Brazil's iron ore export value in August this year rose by 25 percent compared to the same month last year, increasing to $4.5 billion, according to the information released by…
October 6, 2011 Brazil ready to double iron ore royalty but boost fertilizer production Brazil is offering a carrot to encourage domestic production of fertilizer while at the same time, reaching a little deeper into the pockets of iron ore miners. A Mining Ministry…
October 6, 2011 Albania inviting bids for 151 mining licences Reuters reports that Albania is inviting bids for 151 mining licences this year, with 20 of them to be allocated through weekly competitions.
DRC revives $29B iron ore export plan once tied to billionaire Gertler The area that Kinshasa wants to develop has cumulative iron ore resources of 15 billion to 20 billion tonnes grading more than 60% iron. January 15, 2026 | 08:42 am
