Port Hedland, one of the key iron ore export ports in the resource rich Pilbara region in Western Australia, is planning to start a shutdown on Saturday, December 28, amid a cyclone threat, according to media reports. A tropical low, ...
Tags: iron ore, export ports, Mineral
In November of the current year, iron ore shipments from Australia's Port Hedland fell by 3.04 percent compared to October and were up 29.38 percent year on year, totaling 28.06 million metric tons. According to the information released ...
Tags: Iron Ore, Iron Ore Exports
In October this year, manganese ore shipments from Australia's Port Hedland totaled 129,738 metric tons, decreasing by 43.6 percent from 230,080 metric tons in September and down 8.5 percent compared to the same month of 2012, according to ...
Tags: Manganese Ore, Mineral
In October of the current year, iron ore shipments from Australia's Port Hedland fell by just 0.1 percent compared to September and were up 33 percent year on year, totaling 28.9 million metric tons. According to the information released ...
Tags: Iron Ore, Metallurgy, Mineral, steel
Australian iron ore miner Fortescue Metals Group announced today, October 17, that its iron ore shipments in the third quarter of this year, totaling 25.9 million mt, indicate a year-on-year increase of 61 percent and a rise of four percent ...
Tags: Iron Ore, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Australian miner Fortescue Metals Group has announced that Taiwan-based Formosa Plastics Group has invested US$1.15 billion in the FMG Iron Bridge Joint Venture, established to develop the FMG Iron Bridge Project, which is 88 percent owned ...
In July of the current year, iron ore shipments from Australia's Port Hedland fell four percent compared to June and were up 36.5 percent year on year, totaling 26.6 million metric tons. According to the information released by the Port ...
In July this year, manganese ore shipments from Australia's Port Hedland totaled 196,500 metric tons, increasing significantly compared to the low level of 72,500 mt recorded in June, and up 50.2 percent compared to the same month of 2012, ...
Tags: Overall Exports, mines
Australia's third-biggest iron ore producer Fortescue Metals Group Ltd (Fortescue) has announced its operating results for the second quarter of the current year. Fortescue CEO Nev Power pointed out that the company cut costs by 18 percent ...
Tags: Fortescue, Iron Ore Demand
AUSTRALIAN shares have closed slightly higher, boosted by gains from resource companies on the back of record production results from mining heavyweight Rio Tinto. Rio has announced it had increased iron ore production by six per cent to ...
In June this year, manganese ore shipments from Australia's Port Hedland totaled 72,500 metric tons, decreasing significantly compared to the high level of 219,600 mt recorded in May, and down 48.8 percent compared to the same month of ...
Tags: Manganese Ore, Mineral
In June of the current year, iron ore shipments from Australia's Port Hedland remained almost stable compared to May and were up 29 percent year on year, totaling 27.7 million metric tons. According to the information released by the Port ...
Renewed demand for banking stocks has driven the overall Australian sharemarket higher. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 34.1 points, or 0.71 per cent, at 4825.9. The broader All Ordinaries index was up 29.5 points, or 0.62 per ...
Tags: Banking Stocks, Sharemarket
The Australian share market has closed strongly, posting its biggest gain in a single day so far this year. Strong overnight gains in US stocks after positive retail and jobless data and reports suggesting stimulus measures there were not ...
Tags: Stock Market
Australian stocks finished lower as investors sold off mining stocks due to weaker commodity prices. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 38.3 points, or 0.78 per cent, lower at 4888.3 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index was 40.3 ...
Tags: Commodity Price, Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton