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.
June 20, 2008 WESTPORT, CT, June 20, 2008 — Terex Corporation (NYSE: TEX) today announced that it will host an Investment Analyst Meeting on September […]
June 19, 2008 Siemens VAI Expands Local Business in Russia – Need for Modernization in the Iron and Steel Industry Calls for Local Competence and Value Adding Siemens VAI is reorganizing its Russian business. “The share of Russian value added to our projects in the iron and steel industry […]
June 17, 2008 Rio Tinto to automate iron ore railway in Australia’s Pilbara Rio Tinto plans to invest $371 million to automate its iron ore railway in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, following successful trials, the UK-Australian mining group said Monday.
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