August 31, 2011 Rodney Cooper: Bullish on iron ore and copper Rodney Cooper, a senior mining analyst with Dundee Capital Markets in Toronto, has some rather bullish forecasts for iron ore and copper prices. But given the worldwide economic malaise and…
August 31, 2011 Quebec’s tiny Century Iron gets $120 million China injection Quebec minnow Century Iron Mines (CVE:FER) said Wednesday that China's Wuhan Iron and Steel (WISCO) will invest $120 million over two years in three joint ventures to explore and develop…
August 31, 2011 Guinea transitional council debates draft mining code Guinea's draft mining code, in which the government plans to more than double its stake in mining projects, has been sent to the country's transitional law-making body for debate and…
August 31, 2011 American Vanadium: Beyond a mine American Vanadium (CVE:AVC) isn’t just developing a mine, but it is also making a market. The company’s future product, vanadium, is well-used […]
August 31, 2011 Vale to process 81Mt ore waste Brazilian miner Vale announced a plan for processing 80Mt of iron ore waste from tailings dams in Minas Gerais state in Brazil. Studies proved that huge tones of iron ore…
August 31, 2011 Mining giant backs new Australian International Arbitration Rules SYDNEY, Aug. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Vice President of Litigation BHP Billiton, Mr Damian Lovellhas today welcomed the introduction of the new ACICA Arbitration Rules designed to speed up the…
August 31, 2011 Rolling stoppages at BHP mines all week (AAP) Strike action involving 4000 BHP employees has nothing to do with money, a union boss says. Workers employed at seven BHP mines in Queensland will walk off the job this…
August 31, 2011 Iron ore emerging as Asia’s industrial demand gauge Iron ore could soon become a leading economic indicator in emerging markets such as China, since the absence of speculative froth makes the sandy steelmaking raw material a better gauge…
August 31, 2011 $93bn a year needed for Africa infrastructure PERTH (miningweekly.com) Global law firm DLA Piper on Wednesday estimated that Africa would need an estimated $93-billion infrastructure investment each year. “This is best exampled when you consider there are…
August 31, 2011 Eyre magnetite jumps 200 pct Chinese steel major Wuhan Iron & Steel (WISCO) and Centrex Metals have boosted the total mineral resource for their Eyre Peninsula joint venture iron operation by 200% after posting an…
Iron ore logs annual gain in a dramatic recovery fuelled by steel exports Prices of the key steelmaking ingredient had come under pressure earlier this year on expectations of a supply glut and forecasts of faltering demand in China. December 31, 2025 | 09:27 am
