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 ...
Long held assumptions about the direction and dynamics of the iron ore market have been severely tested in 2014. After hitting a high of $158.90 in February, the industry was jolted on March 10, when iron ore suffered the worst one-day ...
Tags: Iron Ore, raw material
The seaborne iron ore market reversed losses Thursday, as an influx of buying activity suddenly emerged in the spot market. Platts assessed the 62% Fe Iron Ore Index at $116.25/dry mt CFR North China Thursday, up $1.50/dmt from Wednesday. ...
Tags: Iron Ore, Interest Resurfaces, spot market
China imported 755,939 mt of iron ore from India in August, up 49% from 506,322 mt in July, according to data released Monday by the General Administration of Customs. The increase comes on the back of Indian government talks of a ...
On August 14, Liaoning Province-based Chinese steelmaker Anshan Iron and Steel Group Co. (Ansteel) announced that in the first seven months this year its costs for purchases of steelmaking raw materials indicated an 11.92 percent ...
Tags: Steelmaking Raw Material
According to the National Bureau of Statistics of China the country's fixed-asset investment in the mining industry reached $211 billion (CNY 1,312.9 billion) in 2012, an increase of 11.8% over 2011. Fixed-asset investment in coal mining ...
Tags: China, mining industry, 2012
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. ...
Tags: ArcelorMittal, Canadian iron ore unit, China Steel Corporation, POSCO
Reuters reported that Brazil's Vale SA expects a huge derivatives market in iron ore to eventually take shape as players seek hedging instruments to minimize risk from increasingly volatile prices. Mr Jose Carlos Martins who runs the iron ...
Tags: iron ore price news, iron fx, derivatives market, steel scrap price
BHP Billiton Ltd. (RIO), the world’s biggest mining company, said China’s steel production is slowing as the world’s fastest-growing major economy starts to shift to focus more on consumers than large building projects. ...
Tags: industry trends, mining