By Melissa Pistilli-Exclusive to Iron Investing News BHP Billiton’s hostile takeover bid for rival Rio Tinto finally came to an end last week. On November 25, BHP announced it was dropping its $66 billion bid for Rio due to the current global economic crisis and Rio’s $42.1 billion in debt. The takeover process had begun [...]
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Tuesday, November 18, 2008
By Melissa Pistilli-Exclusive to Iron Investing News Customers of the world’s three largest iron ore producers have asked for shipment deferrals leading the big miners to consider production cutbacks. Vale [NYSE: RIO], the world leader, has cut output by 10 per cent and maintains it will cooperate with customers needs. Rio Tinto [RTP] has also [...]
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Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Fortescue Metals Group looks that it may ship and produce well below the downgraded 2008 iron ore mining target. For full story, click here
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Monday, August 11, 2008
Fortescue Metals is moving ahead to more than double its annual production capacity to 120 million tonnes of iron ore a year. For more information, click here
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Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Fortescue Metals inked an agreement with Atlas Iron to earn up to an 87.5 % stake in the low-grade Abydos iron ore project in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. For more news, click here
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Tuesday, December 2, 2008