iron ore

Fortescue has posted a 47 per cent surge in its iron ore’s selling price upon higher benchmark iron ore prices, reaching $US71 ($98.92) a dry metric tonne.

Brazilian iron ore miner Vale has been granted governmental permission to reopen the Brucutu iron ore mine in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil.

BHP has cut its iron ore production guidance for the 2019 financial year on the impacts of Tropical Cyclone Veronica, following a similar reduction by Rio Tinto yesterday.

Rio Tinto has reduced its 2019 guidance for Pilbara iron ore shipments following a damage at the port brought by tropical cyclones.

Australia’s resource export values are expected to hit $278 billion in 2018–2019, a “sizeable upward revision” due to an improved outlook for iron ore, according to forecasts by chief economist Mark Cully.

BHP has awarded a second construction contract at the South Flank iron ore project in the Pilbara, Western Australia to Monadelphous.

Rio Tinto has reopened all of the operations in Western Australia and Queensland that were temporarily closed in anticipation of the cyclones on both sides of the country.

Macarthur Minerals has entered into a life-of-mine offtake agreement to provide iron ore from its Lake Giles project in the Yilgarn region of Western Australia to Glencore.

Australian Mining’s top five stories of the past week included an autonomous truck incident in the Pilbara, mining companies bracing for cyclones across Australia, rehabilitation plans in Queensland, and more.

BCI Minerals has appointed contractor GR Engineering to provide services at the Mardie salt and potash project in Western Australia.

The mining contractor has made two major Australian mining operations that have little in common more alike than they seem.

Government reporting from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) and Geoscience Australia (GA) have pointed to a resources and energy sector in good health following on from a record $248 billion in exports in 2018.

BGC is exploring options for the sale of the group’s national contract mining, maintenance and civil construction business, BGC Contracting.

Mineral Resources’ continued growth through acquisitions and project development has hit the company’s earnings in its latest financial report.

Fortescue has posted a large boost to profits and a surge in iron ore prices for the six months ending December 31, 2018.

BHP has awarded its latest contract for the South Flank iron ore project in the Pilbara, Western Australia to Clough.

Aveva explains why the company is at the forefront of the digital transformation in mining.

The global iron ore price is expected to temporarily rise above $US100 ($138) per tonne due to fallout from Vale’s recent tailings dam disaster in Brazil, according to Capital Economics.

There’s a way to avoid being harmed by mine dust including crystalline silica on the east coast and asbestos fibres on the west coast.

CU-River Mining has purchased the site of two former Port Augusta power stations from Flinders Power so that it can be turned into a $250 million port facility in the Spencer Gulf, South Australia.