Iron Ore


Northland production on track for Q4

Before joining Northland Resources (NAU-T), an emerging iron ore concentrate producer in Europe, Karl-Axel Waplan served as president and chief executive of Lundin Mining (LUN-T) where he began as executive vice president of operations and was…


Rockex advances island deposits in Ontario

The iron ore deposits on Eagle Island, Fish Island and Wolf Island at the southwestern end of Lake St. Joseph in northwestern Ontario were first detected at the turn of the century by employees of the Hudson’s Bay Company, long before…


Australia imposes 30% mining tax

The Australian Parliament has passed a bill for a 30% mining tax on iron ore and coal mine profits in the country, leaving some miners and state governments threatening to fight back. 


Drillers at Talon Metals' Trairao iron ore project in Para State, Brazil. Photo by Talon Metals

Talon sizes up iron ore at Trairao in Brazil

Talon Metals (TLO-T) has released a slew of drill results from its extensive 2011 exploration program, showing iron content in weathered and fresh rock at its Trairao project in Brazil.



Federal gov’t to modernize Port of Sept-les

The Canadian government’s decision to spend up to $55 million  building a deep-water, multi-user dock at the Port of Sept-Îles on  Quebec’s North Shore that complies with the iron ore industry’s new loading…


Kilo juggles projects on several fronts

 In late January Kilo Goldmines (KGL-V) announced that its iron ore joint-venture project with Rio Tinto (RIO-N, RIO-L) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has the potential to host direct shipping ore. In the same announcement the…


Cerro Resources' Mount Philp iron ore project in Northwestern Australia. Photo by Cerro Resources

Cerro Resources makes headway at Mt. Philp

A new resource estimate for the Mount Philp hematite iron prospect in Northwestern Australia shifts more inferred resources into the indicated category but has failed to lift the shares of Cerro Resources (CJO-V, CJO-A).


Talon hits iron in fresh and weathered rock at Trairao

Vancouver – Talon Metals (TLO-T) has released a slew of drill results from its extensive 2011 exploration program, showing significant iron content in both weathered and fresh rock at its Trairao project in Brazil.


Cap-Ex steps out at Northwest zone of Block 103

Vancouver – Cap-Ex Ventures (CEV-V) has released positive step-out holes from the Northwest Zone of its Block 103 iron ore project that show the zone is open to the north, west, and south.



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