By Kishori Krishnan Exclusive to Iron Investing News The talks haven’t borne fruit, as yet. Even as news comes filtering in that China has landed a 40 per cent price cut with the Top Three ore miners, final iron ore talks for fiscal 2009/2010 have yet to see the light of day. Shan Shanghua, secretary-general [...]
By Kishori Krishnan Exclusive to Iron Investing News Rio Tinto Ltd. (LON:RIO) gave a gloomy assessment of global commodity markets Tuesday, saying there is unlikely to be much of a rebound this year and warning the downturn will continue to hit its profits. The downbeat outlook reinforces the company’s message that it needs to proceed [...]
By Kishori Krishnan Exclusive To Iron Investing News The closure of major steel operations in the Hamilton area are set to reverberate around the economy, potentially affecting everyone from iron ore producers in Quebec and Labrador to coal companies in Western Canada. Pittsburgh-based United States Steel Corp. has said it will indefinitely idle operations at [...]
Nippon Steel Corp and other Japanese steelmakers will press for cuts of 40 percent in iron ore prices and 60-70 percent in coal prices for the next business year due to falling costs of natural resources and weakening steel demand,. For full story, click here
State-run mining giant NMDC Ltd has successfully negotiated a 102 per cent hike in export prices of iron ore from Japanese and South Korean steel mills, notwithstanding the global financial downturn. For full story, click here
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