Demand Bouncing Back
By Kishori Krishnan Exclusive To Iron Investing News Global commodity demand appears to be bouncing back. Miners, who had been savagely affected by the recession as customers slammed the brakes on...
View ArticleSteel Demand Boosts Iron Prices, Caution Remains
The price of iron ore has made a 26 percent gain over since hitting a low in late October. However many are cautious that the gains will be short lived because of the soft demand for steel.Continue...
View Article2011 Iron Ore Market Trends
Iron ore prices hit record highs in early 2011, only to fall in the second half of the year on reduced demand steel demand for China. Nonetheless, iron ore producers seized the opportunity to invest in...
View Article2012 Iron Ore Market Outlook
Robust steel demand from China and a rising consumer confidence in the US could buoy the iron ore market in 2012Continue reading...
View ArticleIron Outlook 2015: Hope in Expensive Toys
While iron ore prices have seen a dramatic drop this year, hope could be on the horizon with ferroalloys. Read on for an explanation from Christopher Tuck, commodity specialist with the National...
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India Removes Ban on Iron Ore Mining in Goa, Iron Prices Continue Decline
Iron ore prices have lost 16 percent so far this year, and that trend does not look ready to change anytime soon. Iron ore (62 percent) for immediate delivery to China lost 2.75 percent from Thursday’s...
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Iberian Minerals Signs Definitive Joint Venture Agreement with Glencore
Following Chinese steel giant Baosteel’s interest in iron ore projects in Australia this month, Glencore (LSE:GLEN) has solidified its support of Iberian Minerals’ (TSXV:IML) Cehegín iron ore project...
View ArticleCentury Iron Mines CEO Sandy Chim Sees Healthy Long-term Outlook for Iron Ore
Last month, Iron Investing News had the chance to speak with Sandy Chim, CEO of Century Iron Mines (TSX:FER). The CEO spoke about Century Iron’s activities, the future of the iron market and important...
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Rio Tinto’s New Iron Mine to Overtake BHP’s Mt. Whaleback as Largest in...
Iron ore prices may be down, but that hasn’t stopped Rio Tinto (NYSE:RIO,ASX:RIO,LSE:RIO) from making plans for the biggest iron ore mine in Western Australia’s Pilbara region. According to Mining...
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Alderon Iron Ore’s Offtake with Glencore: 100 Percent of Initial Production...
Last week was a big one for Canadian iron ore development company Alderon Iron Ore (TSX:ADV). The company announced on Tuesday that its affiliate, the Kami Mine Limited Partnership, has secured an...
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Iron Prices Take a Hit on Oversupply
In what Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) is calling the end of the “Iron Age,” iron ore prices have fallen 38 percent so far this year. And, if weak demand continues, they could keep dropping. “In our view,...
View ArticleIndia Looks to Take Advantage of Iron Surplus Market
India is looking to help ease the oversupplied iron market by turning into a large importer following a cutback in domestic production. According to Reuters: The country may ship in up to 45 million...
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Glencore Eyes Rio Tinto Acquisition; Largest Integrated Mining Company Ahead?
Just a few short years after the Glencore/Xstrata merger, rumor has it that commodities giant, Glencore (LSE:GLEN) is honing in on is next acquisition target: Rio Tinto (NYSE:RIO). News of the...
View ArticleRio, BHP, Vale Could be “doing a China”
It’s no surprise that producers such as Rio Tinto (NYSE:RIO) BHP Billiton (NYSE:BHP) and Vale (NYSE:VALE) seem to be deliberately continuing to expand their iron production in order to push down prices...
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Iron Ore Price on the Rise Again
Iron ore has finally started to pick up after what seemed like an endless stretch of bad news. While it seemed that the industry’s biggest producers had no intention of slowing down their production in...
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Expanding Iron Ore Supply Weighs on Price
By Michael Montgomery—Exclusive to Iron Investing News There is a growing rift between the major mining companies and investor forecasts for the future of iron ore prices. Investors are worried that a...
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Norway’s Intex Signs Deal with MCC8 Group to Develop Mindoro Nickel Project
By Karan Kumar – Exclusive to Nickel Investing News The Mindoro project – the world’s newest nickel venture — is expected to come into production earliest in 2015 after Norwegian miner Intex Resources...
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Iron Mining in Australia
By Robert Young — Exclusive to Iron Investing News Prior to the mid-1960s, iron ore production in Australia, particularly Western Australia, was negligible, with production ranging less than ten...
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Rio Tinto’s New Iron Mine to Overtake BHP’s Mt. Whaleback as Largest in...
Iron ore prices may be down, but that hasn’t stopped Rio Tinto (NYSE:RIO,ASX:RIO,LSE:RIO) from making plans for the biggest iron ore mine in Western Australia’s Pilbara region. According to Mining...
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Iron Prices Take a Hit on Oversupply
In what Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) is calling the end of the “Iron Age,” iron ore prices have fallen 38 percent so far this year. And, if weak demand continues, they could keep dropping. “In our view,...
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