The government of the state of Western Australia has announced that it has approved proposals by Australia-based miner Rio Tinto to expand its iron ore operations and build a major new power station in the Pilbara region, clearing the way ...
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Luxembourg-based steelmaker ArcelorMittal has announced that it has signed a $40 million deal with the government of Liberia to build a 70 km road between the towns of Ganta and Yekepa, close to the company's iron ore mine in Mount Tokadeh. ...
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Australian iron ore miner Atlas Iron has announced it shipped a record 1.74 million wet metric tons of iron ore in the quarter ended on December 31, up 25.9 percent compared to the same quarter of 2011. Atlas stated that iron ore prices ...
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Indian iron ore producer Sesa Goa has announced its financial and operational results for the third quarter and the first nine months ended on December 31 of the financial year 2012-13. In the third fiscal quarter, Sesa Goa's net profit ...
The Australian sharemarket has closed flat as investors gave a muted response to the Bank of Japan's plan for a more expansionary 2 per cent inflation target. At 4.15pm AEDT today, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was up 1.6 points, or ...
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Jilin Province-based Tonggang Mining Co., a subsidiary of Chinese steelmaker Shougang Tonggang Group, has announced that its Banshi iron ore mine, located in Jilin, produced iron ore concentrate amounting to 1.2721 million mt in 2012, up ...
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Australian mineral resources company WPG Resources Ltd has announced that its $3 million prefeasibility study for the development of the Giffen Well iron ore project in South Australia is progressing according to plan, and is expected to be ...
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AAP reported that Atlas Iron is on track to produce up to 7.7 million tonnes of iron ore in 2012-13. It is on track to produce up to 7.7 million tonnes of iron ore in 2012 -13 after bringing its third Pilbara iron ore mine into production. ...
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UK-based mining giant Anglo American has announced that it is selling its 70 percent interest in the Amapa iron ore operation in Brazil to Zamin Ferrous Ltd (Zamin), a private international mining group that has been operating in Brazil. ...
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Australian miner Atlas Iron Limited has announced that production has commenced at its third Pilbara iron ore mine, Mt Dove, representing a key stepping stone towards achieving its near-term production target of 12 million mt per year. ...
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AAP reported that failed former Pilbara iron ore miner Murchison Metals has asked investors to support its buy back of shares before the company is wound up, but its largest shareholder won't be involved. Mercantile Investment, the ...
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Xinhua reported that China's Hanlong Group intends to take over Australian mining company Sundance early next year and gain control over a key supply of iron ore in Africa. The Xinhua news agency quoted officials at the privately owned ...
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APP reported that China privately owned Hanlong Group has close to finalizing the acquisition of Australia's Sundance Resources, a mining firm that controls a major iron ore mine in West Africa. Such a move would give China a stronger ...
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On December 30, Shanxi Province-based Chinese steelmaker Taiyuan Iron and Steel (Group) Co. (TISCO) announced that construction started on its underground mining project at its Ekou iron ore mine in Shanxi on December 27. The total ...
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Private company Sichuan Hanlong Company, after the approval of Anshan Steel s biggest ever expansion plan on iron ore mines, is in view of a partnership with state owned enterprises to build up a major iron ore mine in western Africa. ...
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