Atlas Iron and BC Iron have both reported big losses following impairments and a race to cut costs as iron
ore prices remain depressed.
Not exact matches
The volatile iron
ore price may have prompted reduced investment but many miners
remain on track.
Atlas Iron has reduced the size of its board and cut pay for the
remaining directors to help reduce costs amid weak iron
ore prices.
If you're wondering why the outlook for iron
ore remains grim despite last night's
price rise to a three - month high of $ US63.10 a tonne, it is partly because Western Australia's iron
ore miners have a new competitor — themselves.
Those winter shutdowns were expected to dampen demand and
prices for Australian iron
ore and coal in particular, but
prices for both commodities have
remained strong; iron
ore prices have surged 26 per cent since October 31 to be fetching $ US77.74 per tonne on Tuesday, according to Metal Bulletin.
Surging iron
ore prices have boosted Rio Tinto's tax payments to Australian governments, but its Singapore marketing hub
remains a sore point with the ATO.
Australia's iron
ore producers need to
remain disciplined as they prepare to develop the next generation of mines at a time when
prices are forecast to soften.
• Iron
ore prices have partially recovered after a period of rapid decline but Rio Tinto expects them to
remain volatile in the near future.
Prices would
remain high with the market for coal, copper, iron
ore and other basic materials operating in deficits.
The entire MLS infrastructure
remains fully rooted in Seller Agency from the monthly press releases issued by
ORE on selling
prices to false claims that real estate is a great financial «investment» to claims of a market being «HOT» or «supply low» when in fact it is the incompetence of Buyers Agents that allows this nonsense to continue.