The purpose of this was to force companies to refine the ore in Indonesia and boost investment in domestic smelters. If we judge by that ambition alone it has been quite successful. Since the ...

Despite Goldman analysts highlighting the latest gloomy high-frequency economic data out of China, and others at the bank noting that iron ore's "fundamental outlook remains bleak" with prices ...

making it one of the least profitable iron ore mines in the Pilbara. For MinRes, led by billionaire founder Chris Ellison, the cost of putting the crushed rocks on a ship headed for smelters where ...

China’s major zinc smelters are discussing possible output ... Output may drop further this month due to tightness in the supply of ore, Shanghai Metals Market said in a note.

Struggling smelters will have to extend output cuts as ore supplies are particularly tight, said Dina Yu, an analyst at researcher CRU Group, “It’s hard to quantify the cuts needed ...

Iron ore prices fell to their lowest point in over a year on Wednesday, reflecting growing concerns about China’s troubled steel industry. In Singapore, futures declined by 1.7% to $92 a ton at ...

The price of iron ore has dropped to its lowest in nearly two years, a drain on profits for some of the world’s biggest miners as they raise bets on commodities like copper that they expect will ...

The words “iron ore” just 14 times ... in South Australia by 2030 through the expansion of BHP’s Olympic Dam smelter and refinery facilities; developing its Oak Dam deposit in South ...

Iron ore’s plunge is about to test the view that the steelmaking material can find solid price support at $90 a ton or more as high-cost mines are nudged out of the market. Futures in Singapore ...

Youth unemployment has surged to its highest level in three years, official figures show, dealing a blow to Sir Keir ...

The rising global importance of critical minerals has prompted 18-year-old ASX-listed explorer Venture Minerals to change its ...