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The Benchmark Break: Why Iron Ore Pricing Just Got a 2026 Makeover
15 Jan 2026 15:30 GMT
… a record 1.26 billion tons of iron ore in 2025. Even with … mid-tier producer or a smaller player trying to move iron ore into … Carajás blends or future Simandou output) will likely continue referencing 65% …
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DRC Unveils Massive $29 Billion Iron Ore Project to Diversify Beyond Copper and Cobalt
15 Jan 2026 15:30 GMT
… . The initial production target sits at 50 million tons per year. That … handling 50 million tons (eventually 300 million tons) of iron ore would fundamentally change … significant reshaping of iron ore trade flows.
For steel producers, more supply diversity …
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[SMM Iron Ore Import Analysis] Year-End Mining Sprint Drives 8.2% Growth in December Imports; January Volumes Set to Rise on Blast Furnace Restarts and Pre-Holiday Restocking.
15 Jan 2026 08:42 GMT
… of iron ore and concentrates in December recorded 119.647 million tonnes, a … demand side, the resumption of production at certain blast furnaces, coupled … maintenance intensity weakens, hot metal output is expected to arrest its …
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‘Increasingly disconnected’: Iron ore’s strength hard to reconcile with soft China demand
15 Jan 2026 08:22 GMT
… s iron ore imports hit a record last year, its steel output in … .
“The strong start for iron ore futures in early 2026 looks … 5 per cent of global production.
“The decline will occur … forces to extract 200 million tonnes of iron ore in the Pilbara region …
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Rio Tinto and BHP team up in Pilbara to boost iron ore output
15 Jan 2026 07:43 GMT
Rio Tinto and BHP Group , two of the world’s top miners, will work together to extract up to 200 million metric tons of iron ore from two adjoining sites in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
Rio Tinto, in a statement on its website on Thursday, said …
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Iron ore retreats as hot metal output falls in China By Ruth Chai
15 Jan 2026 06:44 GMT
… : Iron ore futures retreated on Thursday as hot metal output fell … production after the New Year holiday.
The most-traded May iron ore … session.
The benchmark February iron ore on the Singapore Exchange … that production declined by 2.035 million tons on- …
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BHP and Rio Tinto eye joint Pilbara iron ore development
15 Jan 2026 03:49 GMT
… mining up to 200 million tonnes of iron ore at their neighbouring Yandicoogina … was previously inaccessible.
Rio Tinto iron ore chief executive Matthew Holcz said … existing infrastructure to unlock additional production with minimal capital requirements.
“ …
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Mining giants join forces to extend life of WA iron ore projects
15 Jan 2026 03:18 GMT
… existing infrastructure to unlock additional production with minimal capital requirements,” he … -based iron ore mine to produce a billion tonnes of ore.
BHP’s WA iron ore … being developed by leading steel producers and technology companies targeting lower …
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BHP, Rio Tinto Are Joining Forces to Boost Iron Ore Pipeline
15 Jan 2026 01:52 GMT
… the mainstay of global iron ore production, sending billions of tons to China over …
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Rio Tinto and BHP explore collaboration to mine up to 200 million tonnes of Pilbara iron ore
15 Jan 2026 00:54 GMT
… million tonnes of iron ore at their neighbouring Yandicoogina and Yandi iron ore operations … previously inaccessible.
Rio Tinto Iron Ore Chief Executive Matthew Holcz … existing infrastructure to unlock additional production with minimal capital requirements.
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