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BHP Billiton and JFE Steel Agreement Affect Coking Coal and Iron Ore Prices increases 55 percent
BHP Billiton and JFE Steel have agreed on an annual coking coal prices and iron ore prices, thus affecting coking coal prices reach 55%. Agreements have been made by BHP Billiton and JFE Steel are valid for fifteen months, starting in April and June. Agreements made by the largest mining producers and the largest steel [...]
Wuhan Steel Group Seeks More Iron Ore Assets Overseas
Wuhan Iron & Steel Group, China’s third-biggest steelmaker, is seeking to invest in more overseas iron ore assets to cut reliance on expensive imports, General Manager Deng Qilin said.
“We aim to be self-sufficient in iron ore supplies in three to five years and reduce purchases,” Deng, who’s also chairman of the China Iron & Steel [...]
Australian Iron Ore Sales Expected to Increase 21 Percent
Australia, the world’s largest iron ore exporter, is forecast to boost sales 21 percent next fiscal year as prices gain.
Exports may be A$35 billion ($31 billion) in the 12 months ending June 30, 2011, from A$29 billion this year, the Canberra- based Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics said today in a report. Total [...]
Cash Prices of Iron Ore Delivered to China Rises
The cash price of iron ore delivered to China, the world’s biggest buyer, rose to the highest in more than a year on demand from the nation’s steelmakers.
The cost of 62 percent iron-content ore delivered to the port of Tianjin increased 1.4 percent to $133.10 a metric tonne on Mar 1, the highest in at [...]
Nomura Holdings Inc Research : Iron Ore Contract Prices and Coking Coal has doubled in 2010
Nomura Holdings Inc. reported the results of research on changes in iron ore contract prices in 2010. Nomura Holdings estimated contract iron ore prices in 2010 will increase by 70%. While banking institutions estimate the iron ore price will rise 40% – 50%.
Arcelormittal Kumba Iron Ore Deal Jettisoned by Anglo American
Anglo American, a diversified mining group, yesterday cancelled an iron-ore supply agreement reached in 2001 on a cost plus 3 per cent basis between its subsidiary Sishen Iron Ore Company (SIOC) and the world’s largest steel maker ArcelorMittal.
Shares of Iron Ore Exporter, Rio Tinto and Fortescue Fell
Changes in trade shares of mining companies experienced a sharp decline after the fall of commodity prices since August 2009. Shares of mining companies reported and the largest exporter of iron ore, Rio Tinto fell 5 percent to A $ 66.60 on the Australian stock exchange. Fortescue Metals slumped 5.5 percent to reach.
Steelmaker (Arcelormittal) And Mining Company (BHP Billiton) Discuss Joint Management Of Iron Ore Mines
Iron ore mining company BHP Billiton is the world’s largest company and the world’s largest steel maker ArcelorMittal in talks on iron ore mining in Liberia and Guinea.
Steel demand in 2010 is expected to rise sharply, so that the steel manufacturers have competed to supply iron ore to meet the target of steel production during [...]
Australian Iron Ore Producer, Atlas Iron Would Sell 70 Percent Stake In Iron Ore Mines Ridley
Steel maker China, India, Korea and Japan are interested in buying stakes iron ore mine owned by Australian iron ore producer, Atlas Iron Ltd. Purchasing stakes iron ore mines in order to anticipate competitive iron ore demand from steel manufacturers of the world.
