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Australian Mining Companies Forecast Strong Increase Iron Ore-Copper Mine Production
Australia forecast a strong rise in iron ore production and a 10 percent jump in copper mine output in the year to June 2010, even after factoring in a more prolonged economic slump that has already triggered supply curbs.
Global Mining Companies Plans Expansions Iron Ore Mine Output
Global iron ore prices are set to decline sharply in 2009 as demand for the steelmaking ingredient shrinks dramatically as a result of deepening world economic recession.
Boom in US Production Drives Down Natural Gas Prices
Natural gas prices have fallen dramatically this year much like crude prices, but shrinking demand is only one culprit. The other is a gas glut from a boom in U.S. production.
Australia Slashed Forecast for Iron Ore Output
Australia slashed its forecast for iron ore output in the year to next July by more than 15 percent as the global steel market withers, suggesting deeper cuts are in store from miners, but made modest reductions in metallurgical coal and copper production.
Mining Exploration Project, Production and Finance in World Trade and Market
LONDON (Dow Jones)
- United Company Rusal is to increase the level of aluminum production it cuts to 4% of its total global output, or around 168,000 metric tons a year, a company spokeswoman told Dow Jones Newswires Monday.
Arch Coal’s Report Earning Coal Product Increase
Coal-producing Arch Coal Inc. said Monday its third-quarter earnings more than tripled, beating Wall Street’s expectations. But the miner lowered its earnings outlook for the year, citing near-term softening of coal demand.
“Despite a near-term softening of coal demand, we remain on pace to deliver our best financial performance in company history,” said Steven Leer, Arch’s [...]
Brazil miner Vale Plans Cut Cost Demand for Iron Ore Mine in Asia
Vale, the world’s second largest miner and top producer of iron ore, will halt or slow ouput in regions where production costs are high, including at some of its operations in Indonesia and Dalian, China, CEO Roger Agnelli said.
“In this coming quarter, we’re going to clean house,” Agnelli told reporters at the company’s Rio de [...]
Iron Ore Price and Demand Future, Vale Beats BHP, Rio as Top Pick on China Ore Demand
Cia. Vale do Rio Doce fell 27 percent this year in Sao Paulo, heading for the first annual decline since 2000. Now analysts say the world’s largest iron-ore producer is poised for its best performance in a decade.
Vale may double in the next year, more than twice the expected gains for the world’s biggest mining [...]
Steelmaker Producer ArcelorMittal’s Invest To Find 500 Acre Iron Ore Mine Exploration
World’s biggest steelmaker ArcelorMittal’s India plants are making good progress and are scheduled to start operations by 2012, CFO of the world’s top producer of the alloy Aditya Mittal has said.
“We are making good progress. We should be breaking ground in the early next year (2009). We should be completing our first phase after we [...]
