Vale targets China firms over mega ship standoff

Brazil's Vale , the world's largest iron-ore producer, has stopped hiring vessels from some Chinese shipping firms in retaliation for Beijing's efforts to keep the miner's huge ships out of the country, traders and industry sources said. Chinese...

Iran iron-ore, bulk trade slides as sanctions bite

Iron-ore traders and dry bulk ship owners in Europe are pulling back from deals with Iran, worried they could miss out on vital future US business as Western sanctions heap pressure on the Islamic Republic, trade sources say. US financial...

Chinese companies talk to UK miner about Sierra Leone iron-ore

British mining company London Mining has revealed that it is in talks with major Chinese groups about its Marampa iron-ore project in Sierra Leone. “We’re having these discussions now,” London Mining CEO Graeme Hossie told Bloomberg News....