Iron ore futures were poised for a third straight weekly rise as prices largely consolidated gains on Friday, with improving demand in top consumer China countering higher portside inventories.
China's iron ore sector will become increasingly consolidated due to high costs of mining low grade ore, and environmental regulations in China that will eventually see the phasing out of iron ore ...
Chinese demand for Australian iron-ore will remain strong despite the nation's disappointing post-pandemic recovery, according to Fortescue Metals Group, the world's fourth-biggest producer ...
Nearly 20 steel mills in China's southwest regions had suspended operations as of Wednesday.
The Simandou mountains, a 110km (68-mile) range deep in the interior of southeastern Guinea, is home to the world's biggest untapped supply of high-grade iron ore, and China believes it could ...
The iron ore price retreated on Friday as China indicated controlling covid-19 outbreaks is still a priority.
If successful in iron ore, the mandate of China's new centralised state buyer could be extended to lithium, copper and bauxite.
China is planning a state-backed iron ore company to oversee everything from massive mine investments in West Africa to buying the steelmaking material from …
China Mineral Resources Group (CMRG), a new state-owned agency, is set to be the world's biggest iron ore buyer as soon as next year, when it will start buying for about 20 of the largest Chinese ...
An oversupply of iron ore combined with China adding more steel-making capacity than it needed, resulted in a slump in the iron ore spot prices over the past two years, including a staggering 47% ...
China's iron ore imports in 2023 hit a record high, up 6.6% from a year before, customs data showed on Friday, thanks to stronger demand amid a lack of government-mandated steel output caps and ...
The 'cornerstone' plan aims to boost China's domestic iron ore output to 370 million tonnes/year by 2025, which translates to a 100 million t/y increase from the 2020 level, as Mysteel Global reported. ... Domestic regulators should also reconsider their official response to accidents in mining operations – which usually involve collective ...
Here are the five largest iron ore mines by production in China, according to GlobalData's mining database.
Iron ores are rocks and minerals from which metallic iron can be extracted. There are four main types of iron ore deposit: massive hematite, which is the most commonly mined, …
China produced 72.07-million tons of iron ore concentrate in the first three months of 2024, a 4% rise from last year, data from the Metallurgical Mines' Association …
Serra Norte Mining Complex in Para, was the largest iron ore-producing mine in Brazil, producing approximately 109.3 million tonnes of iron ore and an estimated 110.3 million metric tons per annum (mmtpa) of Run-of-Mine (ROM) in 2021.
The miner reiterated its annual forecast of 278 to 290 Mt for Western Australian iron ore output.
Iron ore mining per month in China 2021-2024. In June 2024, approximately 96.62 million metric tons of crude iron ore was extracted in China.
China will invest heavily in overseas mines in order to improve security of iron ore import supply. Guinea will be an important beneficiary of this trend via the Simandou project.
Iron ore prices passed $130 a ton on Wednesday for the first time since March as China considers a new wave of stimulus to bolster its struggling property sector.
Iron ore has undergone a transformation from a relic of the industrial age to the driving force behind a commodity supercycle that reshaped the global economy.
Explore the world's 11 biggest iron ore mines in our comprehensive feature. Delve into the depths of these massive mining operations.
Overall, the outlook for China's iron ore demand has darkened after the strong start to 2024.
Iron ore futures fell on Wednesday to their lowest in more than a year, as disappointing credit data from top consumer China worsened market sentiment already …
This chapter first provides an overview of world iron ore production and trade, as well as reserves and resources, followed by a summary of the key mining operations …
The iron ore supply chain begins with the mining of iron ore, which is then transported to processing plants for beneficiation and further refinement. The refined iron ore is then transported to steel mills for use in the production of steel products.
Cameroon's government has signed a 420 billion CFA franc ($675.96 million) high-grade iron ore mining deal with a subsidiary of Sinosteel Corporation Limited, as China seeks new sources of the ...
Putu iron ore project is part of a 425 square kilometre exploration tenement located in south-east Liberia. The mine includes a 12km ridge of banded iron formation which consists of haematite and magnetite.
In order to smooth ore production during the transition from open pit to underground mining at Yanqianshan Iron Mine, China, it is necessary to select an appropriate mining method to operate simultaneously open-pit mining and underground mining for inner-slope (hanging-wall) ore-body. Based on practical geologic setting of …
China's commodity exchanges moved to raise trading limits and margin requirements for some iron ore contracts and reinstated fees on steel.
Here are the five largest iron ore mines by production in the US, according to GlobalData's mining database.
The most-traded September iron ore contract on China's Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) widened gains to end daytime trade 3.4% higher at 826 yuan ($113.67) a metric ton, its highest level since ...
Iron ore surged with demand optimism growing as more details emerge about China's latest economic stimulus drive.