The change in the predominant iron ore pricing mechanism — moving away from the annual benchmark system to a quarterly, index-linked methodology — was always bound to cause a stir

To say that the shift away from annual benchmark pricing in iron ore has caused some confusion would be something of an understatement.

Last month’s sale of a majority stake in Alcan Engineered Products to investment group Apollo means that, for the first time, three of the world’s largest rolled products producers are now detached from upstream production

The continued unpredictability of trade relations between China and the United States has made long-term planning harder for businesses, including mining companies.

Physical iron ore markets continued to strengthen on Friday May 17, with the seaborne price breaching $100 per tonne cfr China for the first time in five years amid bullish futures.

The iron ore market has been on a general uptrend so far in 2019, with prices hitting their highest levels since late April 2014. The market has been focused on the effects exerted by the supply side and especially China’s restrictions on blast furnace operations, which may have the greatest influence on prices.

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Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) chairman Andrew Forrest said he would continue to bring issues related to the collapse in iron ore prices to the attention of the Australian people.

Vedanta Resources has appointed Srinivasan Venkatakrishnan as its new chief executive officer (CEO), recruiting the executive from rising gold developer AngloGold Ashanti Ltd.

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