The fault for the current unhappiness with CREA's, OREA's and some local boards» past and planned future decisions falls squarely at the root of the problem, being
on ORE's 100,000 paying members» shoulders.
Don't forget the lawyers that are now licensed in some provinces and the expectations and insider knowledge they bring to bear
on ORE Volunteer Boards.
Included in this issue are articles
on ore processing, rare earths, bioleaching and seafloor Mining.
Buyers at the sales can include processors, cattle producers, livestock agents buying on behalf of a client and commission buyers acting
on ore more customers.
Continued progression of the technical work program for an update of the feasibility study («FS»), including advancement of the geotechnical model and further work
on ore - sorting technology.
Never Rest
on Your Ores: Building a Mining Company, One Stone at a Time follows the progress of a group of people determined to avoid getting mined out or taken out.
A short chapter on the following 10 years, among the most volatile since the early»70s, credits Teck with «a classic recovery story which deserves a full chapter in the next edition of Never Rest
on Your Ores.»
Mining machinery could destroy some of these worlds in the process of generating high returns
on ores.
Not exact matches
The volatile iron
ore price may have prompted reduced investment but many miners remain
on track.
Nev Power, former boss of world No. 4 iron
ore miner Fortescue Metals Group, had criticised the speculative trade
on Dalian, saying producers and users should be the main participants.
Rio has signalled it would rather focus
on more profitable commodities like copper, iron
ore and uranium.
China's great environmental clean - up is starting to produce knock -
on effects in Western Australia, with none more interesting than the «quality clash» in the iron
ore sector.
U.K. and Chinese researchers will work together
on five projects to develop the «next generation» of offshore renewable energy (
ORE) technologies.
BHP Billiton also said Tuesday that its annual profit fell nearly 30 per cent
on lower prices for copper, coal and iron
ore.
Iron
ore miner Centaurus Metals says it can no longer afford to develop its Candonga project in Brazil
on its own, and will be seeking to either bring in a joint venture partner or sell the mine in order to survive in the tough economic climate.
The government of the Republic of Cameroon is planning to seek funding from China for the rail and port infrastructure at Sundance Resources» Mbalam - Nabeba iron
ore project, allowing the Perth company to focus just
on the mine development.
The founder and chairman of Fortescue Metals Group has reaffirmed his commitment to the iron
ore industry by increasing his stake in the business, buying $ 6.9 million worth of shares in an
on - market trade.
Local contractor NRW Holdings has been awarded a $ 30 million contract to provide its services to Rio Tinto's Yandi Oxbow iron
ore mine in the Pilbara,
on the same day its long - serving director Ian Burston announced his retirement.
Iron
ore miner BC Iron has fallen into the red with a net loss of $ 158.5 million for the financial year,
on the back of impairments and falling commodity prices, and has declared no dividend payout.
Fortescue Metals Group has started the search for a new chief financial officer after Stephen Pearce handed in his resignation to pursue an international role,
on the same day the iron
ore giant announced the appointment of a new director of operations.
West Perth - based iron
ore miner Mount Gibson Iron has flagged an $ 850 million to $ 950 million impairment after the company put its Koolan Island mine
on care and maintenance in December.
Shares in Atlas Iron surged
on news it had lowered its cash costs in July by $ 11 per wet metric tonne, with the iron
ore miner flagging more cash flow in August.
Iron
ore explorer Gindalbie Metals has detailed a $ 586 million loss for the financial year, which was previously flagged
on the back of a write - down of its 48 per cent stake in the Karara project.
Decmil Group has won about $ 40 million worth of work at Hancock Prospecting's Roy Hill iron
ore project in the Pilbara, building
on its portfolio of port, rail and fuel infrastructure work already under way at the site.
A new iron
ore mine proposed by BHP Billiton, and revisions to conditions placed
on Rio Tinto's Marandoo iron
ore project near Tom Price, have been recommended for approval by the environmental watchdog.
IMX Resources has sold its iron
ore operations in South Australia to Perth - based Cu - River Mining for $ 3.68 million, shifting its focus solely
on its Tanzanian projects.
Shares in Adelaide - based Flinders Mines plummeted
on the stock market today after it announced a $ 6.7 million capital raising to complete a feasibility study
on its Pilbara iron
ore project.
Mines and Petroleum Minister Bill Marmion says Queensland's looming ban
on mining uranium is an opportunity for Western Australia to capitalise
on mining the nuclear fuel
ore.
Millennium Minerals has flagged a $ 76 million impairment
on its Nullagine gold operations assets,
on the back of a material downgrade in
ore reserves.
NRW Holdings has accepted a payment of $ 30 million to settle its dispute with Samsung C&T over work
on the Roy Hill iron
ore project, despite having been awarded $ 35 million through adjudications under the Construction Contracts Act.
Amid a few bright spots
on the earnings front, the WA economy's rebound is being thwarted by still - low global prices for iron
ore.
The direct impact
on listed companies may be limited as trade between China and its isolated northern neighbour has slowed substantially since the United Nations imposed a ban in September
on North Korean exports of coal, iron, iron
ore, lead, lead
ore and seafood.
The iron
ore and gold mining industries have served Western Australia well during the past decade, but that does not mean they will do the same job over the next decade, especially if the switch to other minerals evident
on world markets gathers pace.
The reason to take a close look at this company is twofold: it's one of the most diversified miners around, so one commodity's underperformance shouldn't have as significant an impact
on the company as it would if it was just a coal or iron
ore producer.
Fortescue Metals Group has announced major changes to its leadership, with a new chief executive taking the reins and its directors taking a hands -
on role to support an updated strategy that focuses
on producing more higher - grade iron
ore.
«We would agree that Alberta's historic focus
on maximizing oilsands production... rather than optimizing production
on the highest quality
ore may be having unnecessary environmental impacts
on things like greenhouse gas intensity and tailings production and lowering returns to Albertans as the owners of the resource,» said Simon Dyer of the Pembina Institute, a clean energy think - tank.
Flinders Mines has announced plans to raise $ 14.3 million through a share placement and entitlement offer to fund a bankable feasibility study and further exploration
on its Pilbara iron
ore project.
Construction is officially underway at Gindalbie Metal's $ 1.8 billion Karara iron
ore project in the Mid West following an official ground - breaking ceremony held
on site this morning attended by Premier Colin Barnett.
Gindalbie Metals shares slipped
on the ASX today after the iron
ore producer said it would need extra working capital to see out the end of the year, having run into more issues at its Karara project in the Mid West.
Primary Production Manager is the highest - paying job
on the list of Canada's 100 Best Jobs, and they supervise all aspects of getting
ore out of the ground (among other things).
PORTMAN Limited is
on track to boost the capacity of its Koolyanobbing Iron
ore project in WA to 3.5 million tonnes per annum in 2001 after completing key infrastructure changes and posting a 65 per cent increase in iron
ore sales during the six months to
Shanghai steel futures surged to a one - month high
on Monday along with raw materials iron
ore and coking coal, and the ripples are spreading globally, with LME copper futures hitting a three - month high.
PERTH - based Mineralogy Pty Ltd has entered into an agreement with Austeel Pty Ltd to provide access to 740 million tonnes of magnetite
ore on attractive commercial terms.
Previous projects include an in - situ iron
ore spectrometer, a mini-LIDAR device, a table - top pipetting robot, and operations and testing of the Rock Abrasion Tools
on the Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity.
Even though Cliff's business has changed dramatically over the past few years, the market still has this stock priced like it's still that highly indebted iron
ore producer
on the verge of collapse.
Chief executive Andrew Mackenzie praised the record production levels in iron
ore and said BHP «remains
on track to achieve 6 per cent volume growth for the 2018 financial year».
Production is running at record levels in the financial year to date and BHP produced 58 million tonnes of iron
ore during the quarter, up 8 per cent
on the previous corresponding period.
Gold, iron
ore and oil prices are seeing a rebound at the moment with many analysts believing that commodity prices have «bottomed out» and are eyeing gains, but Goldman Sachs has issued a warning
on the current surge in commodities arguing that it is «not sustainable.»
It's not just oil... iron
ore, aluminum and steel are all getting slammed, as the decline in commodity prices takes a toll
on companies and the global markets.
Discounts
on Fortescue's iron
ore have deepened at a time when they were supposed to improve, but analysts believe the miner's new price rea...