[Ferro-Alloys.com] Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) has announced a 1.16-billion-ton of mineral resource addition to its Greater Solomon following an exploration program.

During the first quarter, Brazil’s iron ore exports hit 71.8 million tons, up by 5.7% compared to the same period of last year. The export price was averaged at US$98.4/ton, dropping by 2.9% from the corresponding period a year ago.

New, cheap supplies from Australia, Brazil pushing global prices down Surging global supplies of seaborne iron ore will challenge Chinese producers of the raw material for steel, probably forcing some higher-cost capacity in the country to close, according ...

China's banking regulator has told local authorities to investigate iron ore financing conditions to better guard against risks, prompting a slump in iron ore futures prices that analysts say will lead to a reshuffle in the industry.News surfaced that the Chin...

[Ferro-Alloys.com] Mining giants Anglo American posted an increase in its iron ore and copper production in the first quarter of 2014, broadly in line with analysts’ forecasts, but its platinum output slumped, hit by a strike at its South African operations.

[Ferro-alloys.com] India's Supreme Court has lifted a ban on iron ore mining in the western state of Goa, but limited extraction to 20m tonnes a year.

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