Major iron ore producers will have to cut production like aluminum producers did in 1994 to halt the current slump in spot prices, investment bank Investec said in a note Tuesday. "In our view if iron ore prices prevail at current levels ...
The iron ore industry is worried about a further collapse in prices as the Chinese government has signaled it is abandoning its aggressive policy stimulus to boost economic growth, according to media reports. China's Finance Minister Lou ...
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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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Brazil-based mining giant Vale has announced that it has obtained the installation environmental license (LI) for its Carajás S11D iron ore project, the highest grade and lowest cost world-class project in the industry. With the ...
Ferrexpo, Swiss-based iron-ore producer operating in Ukraine released its financial result for 2012. In 2012, the company realized net profits of US$215.6 million, slumping by 62.5% from a year ago. Its sakes revenues amounted ...
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According to the statistics provided by Brazil's National Union of the Industry of Extraction of Iron and Base Metals (Sinferbase), in 2012 Brazilian iron ore exports increased 1.45 percent year on year with a total of 296 million metric ...
Port Hedland in the iron ore-rich Pilbara region in Western Australia was shut down on January 22, due to tropical cyclone Peta which is expected to make landfall on Wednesday, January 23, slowing down iron ore shipments to the Far East. ...
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Bloomberg reported that the USD 1.1 billion purchase of a stake in ArcelorMittal Canadian iron ore unit by China Steel Corporation and POSCO increased interest in Canada’s ability to meet Asian demand for the steelmaking raw material. ...
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Star Tribune reported that Minnesota iron ore production rose slightly in 2012, a third consecutive annual increase and another sign of the industry's recovery from a recession induced downturn. According to state data, taconite output ...
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Iron ore prices have been hurtling along in December at an amazing pace even outracing the finished price levels. Whopping 18% growth in December has baffled all market estimates. On the hindsight finished market could creep merely 1%. ...
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Almost every house in the vicinity of an iron ore mine in Goa's Sanguem, Sattari and Bicholim talukas is likely to have a 10 tonne tipper truck parked in its backyard. Some have 2, 3 or even 4 trucks parked. In all, there were about 25,000 ...
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O' Herald reported that far away from Goa where there is massive popular support for the halt of rampant illegal mining by the Supreme Court in the aftermath of the Shah Commission Report and in an apparent bid to sway the opinion of New ...
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Goa state pollution control board has decided to return all applications seeking renewal of consent to operate filed by mining lease holders and other parties,as the iron ore industry has come to a grinding halt after the Supreme Court ...
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The Australian reported that construction of a new rail line through Western Australia's resource rich Pilbara region could drive down iron ore prices and force out of business the very mines the network would unlock, an exhaustive analysis ...
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Economic Times reported that a Supreme Court committee is likely to recommend drastic action against miners in Goa including severe curbs on production in a move expected to hit the state's finances and devastate the country's scandal ...
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