Mining news: IRON ORE
By Hindu Business Line, July 4th, 2009 at 11:07 pm -
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In India, there have been numerous representations for moderating the huge outflow of iron ore. G. Chandrashekhar Mumbai, July 4 Steel majors in Asia and elsewhere are anxious about developments in India in relation to iron ore. Steel industry
By People's Daily Online, July 4th, 2009 at 11:22 am -
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The stand-off between China’s steel mills and the world’s major iron ore miners continues three days after the June-30 deadline to agree ore prices for the next 12 months. But who will blink first in the ongoing guessing game over how the global economic
By China Mining, July 4th, 2009 at 9:47 am -
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Iron ore rate cut ‘plan’ in the bagImported iron ore being unloaded at a dock in Zhejiang province. Zhang Heping China’s steel industry had a new plan for talks with overseas suppliers on iron ore prices, a senior industry official was reported as
By Morningstar.com, July 4th, 2009 at 8:45 am -
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BEIJING -(Dow Jones)- ArcelorMittal (MT), the world’s biggest steel producer by output, hopes to cooperate with Chinese steel makers on iron ore exploration and mining, Roland Verstappen, global vice president of the firm, said Saturday. ‘We have iron
By Interactive Investor International, July 4th, 2009 at 6:48 am -
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BEIJING, July 4 (Reuters) - China’s steel industry body is still looking for a lower iron ore price in negotiations with key suppliers, the president of Baosteel said on Saturday, adding that the nation’s production was running high in July. Xu Lejiang
By Individual.com, July 4th, 2009 at 6:15 am -
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In a bid to tackle the bureaucratic red tape hampering a key energy plan to supply power to budding iron ore and bauxite mining firms, Cameroon President Paul Biya urged his new government Friday to come up with a solid energy plan in six months. ‘We
By Caijing, July 4th, 2009 at 1:06 am -
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Caijing Share But Chinese steelmakers will continue to reject the 33 percent price reduction agreed between global miners and mills in Japan and South Korea. By staff reporters Zhang Boling and Yan Jiangning The semi-official China Iron & Steel
By WA Today.com.au, July 3rd, 2009 at 11:39 pm -
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BHP Billiton appears closer to selling its mothballed Ravensthorpe nickel mine in Western Australia after iron ore billionaire Clive Palmer bought its Yabulu nickel refinery in Queensland and declared an interest in the troubled project. The sale of
By CBC North, July 3rd, 2009 at 11:07 pm -
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The Nunavut Impact Review Board released draft guidelines last week for the environmental impact statement Baffinland will have to submit as part of the regulatory process. Those guidelines have incorporated concerns, raised during the public
By Morningstar.com, July 3rd, 2009 at 8:18 pm -
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YAOUNDE, Cameroon -(Dow Jones)- In a bid to tackle the bureaucratic red tape hampering a key energy plan to supply power to budding iron ore and bauxite mining firms, Cameroon President Paul Biya urged his new government Friday to come up with a solid
By Miningmag, July 3rd, 2009 at 7:21 pm -
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from a year earlier after steelmakers abroad turned off blast furnaces, cutting demand for the raw material. Iron-ore shipments fell to 21.4Mt last month, from 25.6Mt in June 2008, Brazil?s Trade Ministry said today on its website. Exports were 39%
By Business Spectator, July 3rd, 2009 at 5:53 pm -
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Iron ore giant BHP Billiton Ltd has sold its Yabulu nickel refinery to companies wholly-owned by mining magnate Clive Palmer for an undisclosed sum, with the sale to be finalised by July 31. While the terms of the deal are confidential, BHP will write
By Reuters, July 3rd, 2009 at 1:39 pm -
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* $2.2 billion West African iron ore project shelved * Senegal suspension follows Liberia project delay * Mine, port and railway would have created 10,000 jobs (Adds quote, background) DAKAR, July 3 (Reuters) - World number one steelmaker ArcelorMittal
By The West Online, July 3rd, 2009 at 12:30 pm -
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BHP Billiton will book heavy writedowns on the sale of its Yabulu nickel refinery in Queensland to iron ore billionaire Clive Palmer, who is eying the mining giant?s other nickel assets including the mothballed Ravensthorpe mine. The refinery near
By Interactive Investor International, July 3rd, 2009 at 12:08 pm -
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DAKAR, July 3 (Reuters) - World number one steelmaker ArcelorMittal is suspending development of its Faleme iron ore project in Senegal as a result of the global economic downturn, a company source in the West African country said on Friday. ‘We are
By Xinhua News Agency, July 3rd, 2009 at 11:22 am -
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BEIJING, July 3 (Xinhua) — The stand-off between China’s steel mills and the world’s major iron ore miners continues three days after the June-30 deadline to agree ore prices for the next 12 months. But who will blink first in the ongoing guessing game
By Nine MSN Money, July 3rd, 2009 at 10:39 am -
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BHP Billiton Ltd will book heavy writedowns on the sale of its Yabulu nickel refinery in Queensland to iron ore billionaire Clive Palmer, who is eyeing the mining giant’s other nickel assets including the mothballed Ravensthorpe mine. The refinery near
By Interfax, July 3rd, 2009 at 10:29 am -
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Shanghai. July 3. INTERFAX-CHINA - Iron ore stockpiles at China’s 22 major ports dropped by 0.12 percent from June 26 to 69.35 million tons on July 3, of which there were 15.15 million tons of Indian iron ore stockpiles, down 3.93 percent, according to
By WA Business News, July 3rd, 2009 at 10:02 am -
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BHP Billiton will book heavy writedowns on the sale of its Yabulu nickel refinery in Queensland to iron ore billionaire Clive Palmer, who is eyeing the mining giant’s other nickel assets including the mothballed Ravensthorpe mine. The refinery near
By Mining Weekly, July 3rd, 2009 at 9:43 am -
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Attached please find a press release on: Australian iron ore (ASX: BCI; ?BCI?) is pleased to announce the successful completion of the Feasibility Study on the Company?s Nullagine Iron Ore Project, located in the Pilbara Region of Western