Historic Agreement Ends 40 Year Old Iron Ore Benchmark as Miners Get Short-Term Pricing Contracts

In a historic moment for commodities markets, two of the world's largest iron ore producers, Vale SA (NYSE ADR:

Guilty Plea by Rio Tinto Execs Shines Light on Complexity of China's Iron Ore Market

When four Rio Tinto PLC (NYSE ADR: RTP) executives stunned observers by pleading...

Iron Ore Negotiations Reach an All-Too-Familiar Impasse

Iron ore negotiations have ground to a halt - again.

Iron ore producers and consumers were so far apart last year that negotiations on...

Buy, Sell or Hold: BHP Billiton is the World's Premier Commodities Mining Play

BHP Billiton Ltd. (NYSE ADR: BHP) is the largest and most diversified mining producer in the world.  And the company has had the foresight to...

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With our investment news briefs, Money Morning provides investors with a quick overview of the most important investing news stories from all around...

Investment News Briefs

With our investment news briefs, Money Morning provides investors with a quick overview of the most important investing news stories from all around...

Rio Strikes While the Iron is Hot, but BHP Holds Out for More

By Jason SimpkinsAssociate Editor Steelmakers throughout Asia cringed earlier this week when they heard the news that Aussie mining giant Rio Tinto...

Rio Tinto Wants More For Its Iron Ore

By Jason Simpkins Associate Editor Rio Tinto PLC (RTP), the world's second-largest iron ore producer, indicated that it was not satisfied with the...

BHP Readying Another Rio Bid

By Jason Simpkins Associate Editor After having its first takeover proposal rejected by Rio Tinto PLC (RTP), BHP Billiton Ltd. (BHP) appears poised...

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