Australian miner Roy Hill said Tuesday the first vessel has docked at its newly completed South West Creek Wharf in Port Hedland in readiness for loading iron ore fines and lump from its new mining operation. The vessel MV Anangel ...
West coast Indian miner Fomento Resources has offered a cargo of 57%-Fe iron ore fines material through a spot tender Thursday, making this the first iron ore shipment the miner will send out of Goa after the state's mining bans were ...
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International credit rating agency Fitch Ratings has affirmed mining company Samarco’s rating at BBB, with a stable perspective, it said recently. The rating is based on Samarco’s highly profitable operations, low-cost ...
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On June 13, the Indian industry body ASSOCHAM called on the Indian Minister for Commerce and Industry Nirmala Sitharaman and submitted a memorandum, strongly suggesting the imposition of a 30 percent export duty on iron ore pellets in the ...
Tags: Iron Ore Pellets, steel capacity
Domestic iron ore concentrate prices in north China's Hebei province have declined further by an average 5.7% or Yuan 55/dmt ($11) over the week, in response to both lower domestic steel prices as well as weakening imported iron ore prices, ...
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Ukraine-focused iron ore miner Ferrexpo said Thursday it saw a 10.8% gain in pellet sales to 2.84 million mt over the first quarter compared with a year ago due to strong demand indicated by higher premiums charged to customers. The ...
Tags: Iron Ore, Ferrexpo, key markets
Norway-focused iron ore miner Northern Iron said Tuesday concentrate produced at Sydvaranger was being trialed at further sinter plants in Europe, after inaugural cargoes were bought by ArcelorMital and ThyssenKrupp in 2013. Northern Iron ...
Swiss-headquartered iron ore miner Ferrexpo, whose main interests are in Ukrainian iron ore assets, has announced its financial results for 2013. In the given period, Ferrexpo's net profit increased by 20.6 percent to $263.7 million ...
The Indian government has been caught between the conflicting demands of iron ore miners and steel producers regarding the recently imposed five percent export duty on iron ore pellets, a government official said on Wednesday, March 5. As ...
Tags: Iron Ore, Export Duty
Iron ore blast furnace pellet premiums rose further in March as some steelmakers were said to have agreed quarterly pricing for Q1 around the low $40s/dry mt, and leave open the opportunity to renegotiate for lower pricing later this year. ...
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Iron ore prices could continue to trade above $130/dry mt CFR North China in the first quarter of 2014, after higher-than-expected steel production in China supported them last year, Macquarie analysts said Thursday. "We believe Q1 2014 ...
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The China Iron&Steel Association will start publishing a daily iron ore price index from January next year,a CISA official said Friday. But the index was expected to have little impact on trading or prices,market sources said Friday. It ...
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India's Steel Ministry is finalizing a new national steel policy (NSP) focusing on infrastructure development, securing raw materials and human resource development for the growth of the steel industry, according to the Associated Chambers ...
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As of August 27, inventory of iron ore at 25 major Chinese ports amounted to 73.431 million mt, indicating an increase of 1.866 million mt or 2.6 percent week on week, as announced by China's Xinhua News Agency on August 27. As of the ...
Tags: Iron Ore, Chinese Ports
It’s reported that Chinese steelmaker Linyuan Steel planned to pay RMB328 million to acquire a raw material plant and an oxygen plant from its parent group Lingyuan Iron and Steel Group. It’s learned that the plant produced ...
Tags: Linyuan Steel, Raw Material Plant