Iron Ore – SMR- Skillings Mining Review

S&P hits back in court after Fortescue Metals takes legal action to prevent publication of iron ore price

charlesJuly 7, 2021July 28, 2021

Fortescue Metals Group, the mining company controlled by the billionaire Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest, has initiated legal action to stop the financial data giant S&P publishing...

India’s low-grade iron ore key behind spurt in export demand

charlesJune 3, 2021July 5, 2021

Even as Lockdowns across the world have crippled manufacturing activity, India’s exports of iron ore, essential to the outcome of steel, have been flourishing. Under...

Iron Ore Price boosted as a result of Resilient China Steel Production.

charlesJune 3, 2021June 20, 2021

Iron ore prices edged higher last week thanks to a near 1% rise on Friday despite news of the record fall in Chinese economic growth...

A plan has been submitted to explore a state-owned nonferrous metals lease.

charlesMay 2, 2021July 5, 2021

Talon Nickel (USA) LLC (Talon) proposed a proposal to search for metallic mineral deposits on leased state mineral rights north of Tamarack, Minnesota, in Aitkin...

Imports of iron ore from China will set a new high in 2020

charlesApril 2, 2021June 17, 2021

China’s iron ore imports reached a new high of 1.17 billion metric tonnes in 2020, with an average import price of $101.7 per tonne, up...

Laos’ Xaysomboun Province will have a Chinese company exploring iron mining soon

charlesApril 2, 2021June 20, 2021

According to RFA, a Chinese company has signed an agreement with the Xaysomboun province in central Laos to begin preliminary studies for iron mining operations,...

Iron ore price leaps into 2021

moshineMarch 3, 2021May 25, 2021

As unprecedented demand from China counteracted government demands for deep cuts in the country’s steel production, iron ore prices began the new year with a...

Rio iron ore industry is in a healthy state

moshineFebruary 16, 2021May 25, 2021

With the miners signaling that it could capitalize on stratospheric iron ore prices by shipping record volumes of the steel-making commodity this year, Rio Tinto’s...

2020 year was a great year for iron ore mining

moshineFebruary 1, 2021May 25, 2021

2020 was topsy-turvy for the Minnesota iron mining industry. The industry was hard hit by plant idlings, employee furloughs and a slowdown in demand. Mega...

Mothballed NT iron ore mines reopen amid soaring demand for steel in China

moshineJanuary 26, 2021May 25, 2021

As Chinese demand for steel soars and prices sit at a seven-year peak, Northern Territory iron ore mines are making a comeback. In the last...