July 3, 2011 Strike Resources acquisition boosts stake in Peru iron ore projects Strike Resources has executed an agreement with Iron Associates Corporation to purchase an additional 12% interest in Apurimac Ferrum SA from IAC increasing its stake in AF to 56%. The…
July 3, 2011 Indian coke industry hopeful of riding steel boom IBNS cited Mr Ganesan Natarajan Encore Coke Ltd President as saying that the merchant coke sector in eastern India is hopeful of riding the boom of steel production in the…
July 3, 2011 Turkey steel import value hits USD 2 billion in May According to the provisional foreign trade statistics compiled by the Turkish Statistical Institute and the Turkish Undersecretariat of Customs, in May this year Turkey's iron and steel imports totaled USD…
July 3, 2011 BHP eyes second share buyback BHP Billiton could be set to announce another share buyback, after the successful completion of its $US10 billion ($9.3bn) capital management program. UBS analyst Glyn Lawcock said a renewed capital…
July 3, 2011 Long path to Oakajee deal The proposed Oakajee project port facility site near Geraldton, WA. Source: The Australian VETERAN businessman Ken Court would love to be back at the centre of the decades-long dream to…
July 3, 2011 China Metal Acquisition Binge Led by Australian Rhodes Scholar Andrew Michelmore, the Rhodes Scholar who plotted China’s biggest metals takeover bid, said Beijing isn’t calling the shots when it comes to buying commodities for the world’s fastest-growing major economy.
July 3, 2011 Global iron ore swaps volume seen swelling to 80 million tonnes in 2015 Reuters reported that global volume of iron ore swaps may jump to 80 million tonnes by 2015 around four times last year level as interest in the hedging tool rises.…
July 3, 2011 thyssenkrupp unit hit by rail cartel probe cartel probe, Deutsche Bahn, rail, ThyssenKrupp German authorities said that they are investigating 10 steel and rail companies, including thyssenkrupp subsidiary GfT Gleistechnik GmBH, for operating a cartel between 2001…
July 3, 2011 Meps: Consolidation in the EU stainless steel sector is a step nearer closer, consolidation, Europe, Meps, steel sector Europe's four major stainless steel producers have all been involved in significant restructuring since the beginning of 2011. It seems unlikely that this is…
July 3, 2011 TATA Steel expects higher profit at European Unit European Unit, higher profit, Steel, TATA It is reported that TATA Steel Ltd expects operating profit at its European unit to rise by two thirds of its current level to…
Striking workers disrupt access to Chile’s Escondida, Zaldivar copper mines The workers, who have been on strike since the beginning of the month, have launched intermittent blocks in the La Negra industrial sector. January 23, 2026 | 01:33 pm