Chinese State Councilor Wang Yong said on Friday that the international mining industry should be more open and cooperate for win-win results.

The world's largest miner, BHP Billiton, has cut 500 Australian jobs out of its iron ore business.

Production of iron ore in China, the world's biggest consumer of the key steelmaking ingredient, will climb to a record this year as bigger mines open, adding to a global glut that's depressing prices.

Bank of China- the largest provider of import credits for iron ore in the country has issued fresh set of guidelines, making life miserable for ore importers in the country. This follows the tough government regulations on imports of iron ore as collateral for...

Chinese steel and iron ore futures fell on Tuesday to near the lowest levels for most-active contracts on worries over slow demand for steel in the world's top consumer that has prompted big producers to curb output.

The bulk of South Africa’s existing iron-ore resources in the Northern Cape would be depleted in the next 30 years and the country would have to find new sources, VMI Investment Company exploration manager Dr Luke Longridge said during the fourth Africa Iron ...

[Ferro-Alloys.com] It is reported that India’s Tata Steel and Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL) have restarted most of their iron ore mines in eastern Odisha state after getting new permits from the state government.

Japan's Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp may consider investing in iron ore or coking coal mines from its nearly $1 billion warchest for overseas investments but won't bid for the U.S. plants of Russia's Severstal, an executive said.