[Ferro-Alloys.com]The price of iron ore has tumbled below the key psychological threshold of $US50 a tonne as Chinese steel mills warn on slumping demand. At the end of the latest session, benchmark iron ore for immediate delivery to the port of Tianjin in Ch...

The price of iron ore dropped for the tenth session in a row on Monday as investors shift focus to fundamentals after a stimulus package from top consumer China announced last week did little to improve prospects for the industry.

Iron ore volumes are key to BHP Billiton’s (BHP) (BBL) iron ore segment’s revenue. In the current

South Africa Kumba iron ore company released iron ore production and marketing report for Q3 of this year, the company’s iron ore output was 11.391 million tons, decreased of 12.2% year on year to 1.581 million metric tons.

Embattled nickel miner Poseidon Nickel is considering a standalone gold facility at its Windarra project, in Western Australia, while nickel prices remain in the doldrums.

South 32, the 60% JV partner with Samancor Manganese, increased its saleable manganese ore production by 18% in its September 2015 quarter, but dropped its alloy production by 45%.

Manganese production for the first quarter of the 2016 financial year was up 15% on the previous quarter to 1.4-million tonnes, as the Australian manganese operations delivered record output, as plant availability and feed rates improved at Gemco. Manganese pr...

Nickel miner Western Areas has reported its highest quarterly output since the December 2013 quarter, as its Spotted Quoll mine, in Western Australia, achived record production in the quarter ended September 30.