[Ferro-Alloys.com] Rio Tinto has struck a deal with Guinea's government to push ahead with plans to develop a $US20 billion iron ore project.

[Ferro-Alloys.com] The Herald Sun reported today that while the state of Victoria in Australia has been explored extensively for gold, there has been little deeper exploration for copper.

[Ferro-Alloys.com] The Brazilian mining giant Vale’s iron ore exports totaled 22.47 million tons in March, up by 13.75% year on year

[Ferro-Alloys.com] Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) has announced a 1.16-billion-ton of mineral resource addition to its Greater Solomon following an exploration program.

[Ferro-alloys.com] The biggest steel maker, ArcelorMittal, was considering an offer for Zimbabwe Alloys Chrome, an insolvent ferrochrome producer seeking investors. ArcelorMittal officials would visit the company in the next two weeks and carry out a due dilig...

China's Baoshan Iron & Steel Co Ltd (Baosteel) and Australia's Aurizon Holdings Ltd (AZJ.AX) launched a $1 billion bid for an Australian resources firm in a move that could break the stranglehold of giant miners Rio Tinto (RIO.AX)(RIO.L) and BHP Billiton (BHP...

[Ferro-Alloys.com] Mining giants Anglo American posted an increase in its iron ore and copper production in the first quarter of 2014, broadly in line with analysts’ forecasts, but its platinum output slumped, hit by a strike at its South African operations.

[Ferro-alloys.com] India's Supreme Court has lifted a ban on iron ore mining in the western state of Goa, but limited extraction to 20m tonnes a year.