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Iron ore: Rio Tinto shipments down
Rio Tinto reported on Wednesday a decline in iron ore shipments, lower than expected compared to the first quarter. The global miner's efforts to boost its Pilbara operations in Western Australia have been hit in the first three months of the year by labour shortages...
Coal: Chinese imports from Russia fall by 30%
Chinese imports of thermal coal from Russia in March fell 30 percent from a year earlier as fears of sanctions prevented purchases and China generally bought less foreign coal. The world's largest coal consumer imported 3.12 million tonnes from Russia last month, down...
Iron ore: Vale’s reserves decline in 2021
Brazilian miner Vale's total iron ore reserves have decreased by 13.4% year-on-year to 12.495 bn tonnes in 2021. According to Vale, the 1.927 bn tonne change in iron ore reserves from 2020 reflects new geological data, technological study and developments, economic...
Steel: drop in shipments by EU producers
Regional steel industry association Eurometal said on Tuesday (19 April) that European distributors of flat steel products recorded a slight decline in shipment volumes in January-February 2022. In the first two months of 2022, flat steel shipments in the EU fell by...