January 18, 2011 Building an iron ore mine in the arctic will be costly Reuters catalogues some of the challenges to develop the Mary River iron ore deposit: “Iron ore’s not like gold. A little bar […]
January 17, 2011 Vanadium Boost Would Give Batteries More Juice Don't look now, but vanadium demand is ramping up, according to Jon Hykawy, head of global research with Toronto-based Byron Capital Markets. Vanadium is mostly used to strengthen steel, but…
January 14, 2011 Haranga Resources: positive magnetic survey at the Sumber iron ore project Haranga Resources Limited (ASX: HAR) has completed a magnetic survey at the Sumber iron ore project located in Mongolia, less than 50km from the Chinese border crossing at Hangi Mandal.…
January 11, 2011 Cliffs to Buy Consolidated Thompson for $5 Billion Cliffs Natural Resources said on Jan. 11 that it had agreed to buy Consolidated Thompson Iron Mines for nearly $5 billion in […]
January 11, 2011 Fortescue Investing $8.4B to Expand Iron Ore Production Fortescue Metals has approved capital expenditures totaling $8.4 billion to expand its iron ore production in Western Australia from 55 million to […]
January 10, 2011 Cargill to work with Magnetation on low grade iron ore recovery Agricultural giant Cargill has taken a step into the iron ore mining and processing sector, with the announcement of an agreement with Magnetation Inc of Nashwauk, Minnesota, […]
January 9, 2011 Cargill to work with Magnetation on low grade iron ore recovery Agricultural giant Cargill has taken a step into the iron ore mining and processing sector, with the announcement of an agreement with Magnetation Inc of Nashwauk, Minnesota, under which the companies will explore opportunities “to…
January 5, 2011 Canadian regulators to hear arguments over Baffinland takeover battle The hearings by the Ontario Securities regulators will address whether Nunavut is capable of carrying out its C$1.45 per share offer for 60% of the iron ore miner TORONTO (Reuters)…
December 23, 2010 ArcelorMittal won’t extend Baffinland bid deadline to accommodate OSC The world’s largest steelmaker, Luxemburg-based ArcelorMittal, is standing firm on its Dec. 29th deadline for acceptance of its Cdn$407 million bid for […]
December 23, 2010 Big iron ore expansion for Rio/Mitsui jv at Robe River and Cape Lambert Japan’s Mitsui is to commit US$1.2 billion under its jv agreement with Rio Tinto to expand Robe River and Cape Lambert port […]
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