Iron ore prices in China have crashed from a high of $180 in September 2011 to $130 levels now on economic slowdown that has impacted steel demand. However, major iron ore producers such as Vale, R....

War torn Afghanistan has so far been unable to extract its huge mineral wealth estimated to value US $1 trillion. However, efforts are now on with Austrialian and World Bank aid to create a more tr....

Chinese imports of iron ore fell to a 6 month low in April, intensifying rumours that this might indicate that the Chinese economy is slowing down. China is the world's largest consumer of copper i....

India's iron ore exports to China declined from 89.72 mn tonnes in 2010-11 to 52.47 mn tonnes in 2011-12(up to February), according to the Beni Prasad Verma, Minister of Steel.....

JSW Steel is one of the lowest cost producers of steel in the world and has reported a 16% growth in crude steel production in FY 2012 despite the raw material constraints arising out of ban on iro....

Iron ore prices are poised for a heavy crash, a latest report funded by the Federal Department of Resources, Tourism and Energy states. Iron ore prices are currently trading around $150/tonne and i....

India’s index of mineral production of mining and quarrying sector has risen 2.15% year-on-year in February but fell 2.03% compared to preceding month.....

The iron ore cost curve is very steep and this alone illustrates the dramatic transformation of the iron ore industry over the past decade. At the turn of the century the cost curve was quite flat,....

Indian iron ore exports have not only tanked by 48% since 2009, but its is set to fall even lower, says the Federation of Indian Mineral Industries (FIMI). India has been one of the biggest exporte....

India and Afghanistan looks forward to work together for the development of iron ore mines and setting up of industry in Afghanistan, after Beni Prasad Verma, Union Minister of Steel, met with Hami....

China's March imports of Iron ore declined by 3.2% from the previous month as heavy rains in Brazil hampered shipments. Brazil is one of the biggest producers of iron ore in the world and a main su....

Iron ore imports remained strong in February rising 10% month-on-month, most of the shipments coming from Australia, Brazil and India. The long term outlook of participants at AJM Global Iron Ore C....

India's National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) has projected that its iron ore output will increase by 20% to more than 30 million tonnes during the 2012/2013 fiscal. NMDC is India's bigge....

 India mining industry market is set to attain a size of US $36.2 bn by 2016, according to a new report released by Research and Markets.....

Iron ore production in Brazil dropped by 24% in February, as per the latest data released by the country's iron ore producer's association. Brazil is one of the world's largest producers and export....

Following the Supreme Court ban on iron ore mining in Karnataka following the detection of illegal mining, iron ore traffic through Indian ports have been drastically affected with 28.6% drop in ca....

India Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has annoucnced a series of basic customs duty cuts on equipments used for mining iron ore which could improve the margins for the industry.....

Iron ore prices in China ports showed a weaken trend last week, according to The Steel Index (TSI0. Iron ore 62% Fe fell 0.4% to $142.6 per dry tonne while 58% Fe fell 0.2% to $132.9 per dry tonne ....

The world‟s first and only global Metal Bulletin Iron Ore (MBIO) Index Futures Contract (SMMBIO) traded on the Singapore Mercantile Exchange (SMX) crossed a volume of 1,479,800 tons in Februa....

India containerised scrap imports have bucked theweaker trends prevailing in US and Turkey markets as traders ramped up buying ahead of the monsoon season in an effort to get trades in before the c....