Indian steelmaker JSW Steel's joint managing director Seshagiri Rao has told CNBC TV18 that JSW Steel will import 10 million mt of iron ore this year, rising from the planned 6 million mt, "after having seen severe shortages in India and ...
Australian mining company BHP Billiton has announced its financial results for the year ended June 30 this year. According to the company's financial statement, BHP Billiton has posted a net profit of US$13.83 billion for the financial ...
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Australian iron ore miner Fortescue Metals Group has announced that its iron ore shipments in the fourth quarter ending June 30 of the financial year 2013-14 totaled 38.7 million mt, increasing by 55 percent year on year and indicating a ...
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As of July 14, inventory of iron ore at 33 major Chinese ports amounted to 113.72 million mt, down 1.05 million mt or 0.91 percent compared to the inventory level recorded on July 7, as announced by China's Xinhua News Agency on July 15. ...
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Australian iron ore miner Fortescue Metals Group has announced that its iron ore shipments in the fourth quarter ending June 30 of the financial year 2013-14 totaled 38.7 million mt, increasing by 54.8 percent year on year. In June alone, ...
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The Indian government is considering urging Indian state-owned miner National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) to halt exports in response to demand from local steel mills facing a shortage of raw materials, a senior government ...
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Cleveland, Ohio-based Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. has announced that it is further reducing its expected 2014 capital spending range by approximately 25 percent, or $100 million, to $275-325 million. Cliffs indicated that the lower ...
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As of May 26, inventory of iron ore at 33 major Chinese ports amounted to 114.82 million mt, up 1.95 million mt or 1.73 percent compared to the inventory level recorded on May 19, as announced by China's Xinhua News Agency. As of the same ...
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Iron ore prices of just under $120/mt are likely to stay flat in the medium term, with some softening expected in the short term, a Sanlam Securities' mining analyst said Wednesday. "There's going to be volatility in the iron ore price as ...
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Imports will account for close to 80% of China's iron ore requirements by 2016 as deteriorating ore quality makes more domestic supply uncompetitive in a lower price environment, China Hanking chief executive Guocheng Pan told an industry ...
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An industry group representing Chinese iron ore miners aims to satisfy 50% of the country's annual iron ore consumption with domestic supply by 2025, up from the current 30%, via consolidation and expansion of mining companies, a senior ...
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Australia's Atlas Iron said Tuesday it would double production at its Mt Webber mine in north Pilbara to 6 million mt by the end of the December quarter, now that the board has approved development of the project's second stage. ...
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Iron ore supply may exceed demand growth rates in China later in 2014 as the nation has recorded slow steel production rates since the start of the year and is currently operating at an annualized rate of 730 million mt, BHP Billiton CEO ...
Iron ore demand intensity in China will fall further amid continuous drops in steel market prices and lower steel outputs, the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) said in its monthly report published on its official website. Chinese ...
The price of iron ore is predicted to drop this year as growth of China's steel production slows and the supply of raw materials from international mining giants increases, according to industry experts. An estimate from UBS AG earlier ...
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