August 13, 2008 Siroll PM Concept Continues to be Successful in China: Siemens Supplies Drives and Automation for New Plate Mill at Ningbo Iron and Steel Chinese steel producer Ningbo Iron and Steel Co. has awarded Siemens a contract to engineer and supply the drive and automation systems […]
August 1, 2008 Brazil mine for Rio RIO Tinto has given the green light to a $US2.15 billion iron ore mine expansion on Brazilian rival Vale’s home turf….topix
July 18, 2008 Rio to invest $514m on Pilbara upgrade RIO Tinto plans to invest more than $US500 million on upgrading its power sources in the Pilbara region of Western Australia to […]
July 18, 2008 Rio Tinto facing up to higher costs Rio Tinto said all miners were grappling with input costs as it reported second-quarter refined copper output tumbled 18% from the same period a […]
June 27, 2008 The kings of iron ore get record prices Rio Tinto's record settlement for benchmark iron ore annual contract prices, announced this week, is akin to oil prices instantaneously moving up to $270 a barrel, or gold bullion jumping…
June 27, 2008 Metso to supply crushing equipment to Assmang Limited in South Africa Metso Minerals will supply crushing equipment to Assmang Limited for its Khumani iron ore mine in the Northern Cape of South Africa. […]
June 26, 2008 China’s steel mills may boycott BHP’s ore; dismiss price rise The Chinese government and steel industry officials are looking at boycotting iron ore imports from BHP Billiton in order to pressurize the Anglo-Australian miner to rethink a somewhat steep price…
June 24, 2008 BHP looks to abandon annual contract pricing for iron ore Mining major BHP Billiton Tuesday gave its clearest indication to date that it will move away from annually priced iron ore contracts in favor of an external reference index-correlated pricing…
June 24, 2008 Metso to supply an iron ore induration machine to Trinidad & Tobago Metso Minerals will supply an iron ore induration machine to Global Supplies Ltd., a member of the Essar Group. The machine will […]
June 23, 2008 Markets look to settle iron ore prices The annual battle to settle iron ore prices appears headed toward deadlock, but exchanges are quietly looking at developing contracts that could change the way the industry sets prices.
Iron ore price nears best close since November on year-end metal rally The steelmaking ingredient advanced for a third straight session in Singapore, climbing nearly 1.8% to as much as $106.55 a ton in intraday trading. December 29, 2025 | 07:51 am
