B08 Metal Ore Mining

Iron ore slumps below $US39

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Original article by Business Spectator
The Australian – Page: Online : 8-Dec-15

The price of benchmark iron ore for immediate delivery to China’s port of Tianjin has fallen by 1.3 per cent to $US38.90 per tonne, compared with US39.40 previously. The iron ore price has fallen for seven consecutive trading sessions, and some market watchers believe that it could test the $US30/tonne level. At current prices, it is estimated that Fortescue Metals Group and Vale are now close to their break-even price.

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PORT OF TIANJIN, FORTESCUE METALS GROUP LIMITED – ASX FMG, VALE SA, BHP BILLITON LIMITED – ASX BHP, RIO TINTO LIMITED – ASX RIO, ROY HILL IRON ORE PTY LTD

Iron ore slides below $US40

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Original article by Alexander Liddington-Cox
The Australian – Page: Online : 7-Dec-15

The price of benchmark iron ore for immediate delivery to China’s port of Tianjin has fallen by 2.3 per cent to $US39.40 a tonne, compared with $US40.30 previously. Daniel Haynes of the ANZ Bank expects the price of the steel input to remain subdued during the next month.

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PORT OF TIANJIN, AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP LIMITED – ASX ANZ

Rio closing the gap for title as biggest miner

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Original article by Matt Chambers
The Australian – Page: 17 & 18 : 7-Dec-15

The market capitalisation of BHP Billiton was $A92bn at the end of the week ended 4 December 2015, according to data from Bloomberg. Rio Tinto’s capitalisation was $A79bn. BHP has been the world’s largest miner since 2001, and its market capitalisation exceeded that of Rio by about $A90bn in mid-2014, but this briefly narrowed to about $A10bn during the last week. BHP’s market value has been hit by a number of factors in 2015, including the South32 spin-off, uncertainty regarding its dividend payout and the downturn in commodity prices.

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BHP BILLITON LIMITED – ASX BHP, RIO TINTO LIMITED – ASX RIO, SOUTH32 LIMITED – ASX S32, JP MORGAN AUSTRALIA LIMITED, COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA – ASX CBA, BLOOMBERG LP, ALCAN INCORPORATED, CITIGROUP PTY LTD, WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION – ASX WBC

Roy Hill yield delayed in shipping

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Original article by Sarah-Jane Tasker, Andrew Burrell
The Australian – Page: 21 : 4-Dec-15

The first shipment of iron ore from Gina Rinehart’s Roy Hill project in Western Australia was slated to leave on 4 December 2015. However, Roy Hill has advised that the departure of the cargo ship will be delayed by a week due to the requirements of the Port Hedland Port Authority. The iron ore price is edging towards $US40 per tonne, compared with around $US120 a tonne when work on the Roy Hill project commenced. Meanwhile, the Sydney Mining Club has named Rinehart its Miner of the Decade.

CORPORATES
ROY HILL IRON ORE PTY LTD, HANCOCK PROSPECTING PTY LTD, SYDNEY MINING CLUB, PORT HEDLAND PORT AUTHORITY

$US40 separates iron ore virtuosos from the pack

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Original article by Amanda Saunders
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 13 & 18 : 4-Dec-15

BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto are in a much better position than their rivals to weather the downturn in the iron ore price. The break-even price for both groups is currently around $A29 per tonne, while Fortescue Metals Group’s break-even price is estimated to be about $A36 at present. However, the iron ore price has now fallen below the break-even point of most smaller Australian-listed producers. Meanwhile, UBS believes that Vale has reduced its break-even price from around $US39 to $US36 in the last six months.

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BHP BILLITON LIMITED – ASX BHP, RIO TINTO LIMITED – ASX RIO, FORTESCUE METALS GROUP LIMITED – ASX FMG, VALE SA, GRANGE RESOURCES LIMITED – ASX GRR, BC IRON LIMITED – ASX BCI, ATLAS IRON LIMITED – ASX AGO, MOUNT GIBSON IRON LIMITED – ASX MGX, ARRIUM LIMITED – ASX ARI, ROY HILL IRON ORE PTY LTD, ANGLO AMERICAN PLC, UBS HOLDINGS PTY LTD, ABERDEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT LIMITED, PILBARA MINERALS LIMITED – ASX FTN

Iron ore extends losing run to five

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Original article by Daniel Palmer
The Australian – Page: Online : 4-Dec-15

The price of benchmark iron ore for immediate delivery to the port of Tianjin in China has fallen by 0.7 per cent to $US40.30 per tonne. The price of the steel input has fallen in 35 out of the last 39 trading sessions and Daniel Hynes of the ANZ Bank says it is high likely to fall below $US40/tonne. The Australian Government’s 2015 Budget forecasts were based on an average iron ore price of $US48/tonne, but this is expected to be scaled back to about $US40/tonne in the mid-year Budget update.

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PORT OF TIANJIN, AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP LIMITED – ASX ANZ, BHP BILLITON LIMITED – ASX BHP, RIO TINTO LIMITED – ASX RIO, ROY HILL IRON ORE PTY LTD, VALE SA, MINE LIFE PTY LTD

Driverless trucks head deep underground

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Original article by Barry FitzGerald
The Australian – Page: 19 & 22 : 3-Dec-15

The entire fleet of eight load-haul dump trucks at the Northparkes copper and gold mine in New South Wales have been fully automated. Northparkes is the world’s first underground mine to completely phase out drivers for such vehicles. Northparkes Stefanie Loader says the shift to full automation has had benefits in terms of both efficiency and safety at the mine. At present, Northparkes produces about 50,000 tonnes of copper and 46,000 ounces of gold each year, and Loader believes that the mine can remain in operation until at least 2050.

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CHINA MOLYBDENUM COMPANY LIMITED, SUMITOMO CORPORATION, SANDVIK AB

Iron ore collapses toward $US40

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Original article by Daniel Palmer
The Australian – Page: Online : 3-Dec-15

The price of iron ore for immediate delivery to the port of Tianjin in China has fallen by 2.4 per cent to $US40.60 per tonne. The price of the steel input has shed 25 per cent in the last seven weeks, amid slowing demand for iron ore in China. The commencement of exports from the Roy Hill project has contributed to the falling iron ore price, while iron ore has shed about nine per cent in Australian-dollar terms in recent days due to the strength of the domestic currency.

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PORT OF TIANJIN, ROY HILL IRON ORE PTY LTD, VALE SA

Ore extends slide, Shanghai rebar hits record low

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The Australian Financial Review – Page: Online : 2-Dec-15

The price of iron ore for immediate delivery to the port of Tianjin in China has fallen by 2.8 per cent to $US41.60 per tonne, according to The Steel Index. Meanwhile, iron ore for delivery in January 2016 has fallen by almost two per cent on the Singapore Exchange, to $US38.70 a tonne. The global oversupply of iron ore has resulted in inventories at Chinese ports rising to their highest levels since May, topping 87.65 million tonnes in late November 2015.

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PORT OF TIANJIN, THE STEEL INDEX LIMITED, SINGAPORE EXCHANGE LIMITED, STEELHOME, METAL BULLETIN PLC, VALE SA, JULIUS BAER HOLDINGS LIMITED, SHANGHAI FUTURES EXCHANGE, DALIAN COMMODITY EXCHANGE, FITCH RATINGS LIMITED, BMI RESEARCH

Iron ore price dives below $US43

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Original article by Daniel Palmer
The Australian – Page: Online : 1-Dec-15

The price of benchmark iron ore for immediate delivery to China’s port of Tianjin has fallen by 1.6 per cent to a new long-term low of $US42.80 per tonne. Meanwhile, iron ore futures in Singapore have fallen below $US40 per tonne. The iron ore price has shed nearly 25 per cent in the last seven weeks, and Axiom Capital Management’s Gordon Johnson expects the price of the steel input to remain subdued.

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PORT OF TIANJIN, AXIOM CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INCORPORATED, ROY HILL IRON ORE PTY LTD, BLOOMBERG LP