Pilbara miners produced over 800 billion tonnes of iron ore in the 2020-21 financial year, with Western Australia accounting for 98% of the country's total iron ore reserves. These products included over $100bn (A$150bn) worth of iron ore exports, and generated $103.3bn (A$154bn) in sales, up from $42.7bn (A$64bn) in 2016-17.Web

Logistics Rail & Port Product Fe Content 62 / 68% Kumba Iron Ore 2011 Production 43.5 Mt Product Fe Content 64-66% Products Fines, Lump Minas-Rio Target Prod. (Phase 1) 26.5 Mtpa Potential Capacity > 80.0 Mtpa Resources 5.8 Bt Product Fe Content > 68% Products Pellet Feed, Fines Slurry Pipeline owned Açu Port 49% …Web

Platts iron ore 62%-Fe iron ore port stock index, or IOPEX East China, was assessed at Yuan 1,333/wmt FOT April 27, or at $193.89/dmt on an import parity basis. Iron ore supply has been less concerning in Q1 2021 compared with the same period over 2019 and 2020, with Brazilian miner Vale producing 68 million mt in Q1, up 14.2% from Q1 …Web

The Platts 62% iron ore IODEX benchmark averaged US$102.95/t CFR in June, the highest monthly average since August 2019. Australia's producers have benefited, particularly as the shipping expert said f reight from Australia to China is only a third of that from Brazil to China on normal Capesizes.Web

Brazilian exports show how much volume is shipped out of Brazilian ports to China and the rest of the world. Along with exports from Port Hedland, Australia, this is an important supply side ...Web

1.2 Anglo Ferrous Brazil Overview Anglo Ferrous Brazil is a company of Anglo American plc that is one of the world's largest mining and natural resource company. Anglo Ferrous Brazil currently owns 70% of the Amapa project, Minas-Rio iron ore project and 49% stake in LLX Minas-Rio. The Amapa iron ore project is located in Amapa state in the ...Web

The Carajás Railroad runs 892 kilometers (554 miles) from the world's largest open-pit iron ore mine to the port of Ponta da Madeira on Brazil's Atlantic coast, contributing to Vale's ...Web

The Brazilian government recently announced that the Brazilian army will move ahead with construction of this partly-built railway. Iron ore prices jumped to a nine-year high in December, on short supplies, particularly for high-quality grades, as steel demand continues to recover on government stimulus-backed infrastructure programs …Web

Exports Volume: Iron Ore: ytd data is updated monthly, averaging 139,718.000 Metric Ton th from Dec 2007 to Sep 2023, with 190 observations. The …Web

Kitco News. RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Brazilian miner Bahia Mineracao, a subsidiary of Kazakhstan's Eurasian Resources Group, started production at a mine in northeastern Brazil with expected 2021 output of 1 million tonnes of iron ore, its chief executive said on Tuesday. Bahia Mineracao plans to double output at the Pedra …Web

Singapore — Premiums for Vale's Brazilian Blend iron ore fines (BRBF) against the S&P Global Platts' 62% Iron Ore index went on a roller-coaster ride in 2018, hitting a peak of $7.5/dmt premiums in the first half of 2018, before plunging to current levels of $2.50-$3/dmt.Web

The prevalence of fixed price trades in the seaborne spot market remained in Q4 despite seaborne liquidity winding down amid diminished import margins, with the spread between Platts 62% Fe Iron Ore Index and the corresponding Platts Iron Ore Port Stocks Index for East China at minus $1.53/dmt Dec. 30, having reached plus $4.95/dmt on …Web

Carajas, Brazil. The Vale-owned Carajas mine in the state of Para in Northern Brazil is the world's biggest iron ore mine holding 7.27 billion tonnes of proven and probable reserves as of December 2012. Carajas is an open pit mining operation targeting the Serra Norte, Serra Sul, and the Serra Leste iron ore deposits in the …Web

flagship iron ore port facility on the south-eastern coast in Rio de Janeiro state. The port provides a revolutionary export passage for both large and smaller producers in the Minas Gerais region. It is owned and operated as a joint venture by Impala Terminals, a global …Web

Brazilian iron ore is also of better quality, as it has a higher iron content - around 60%. In 2021, Brazil exported 357.7 million tons of iron ore, compared to 341.6 million tons in the previous year. Iron ore …Web

Abstract and Figures. In Brazil, the transportation of iron ore corresponds to 74% of the products handled in the Brazilian railways. One of the important centers of the production of this ...Web

The project will produce 10mtpa of green pellet Feed, 7mtpa of green pellets and 5.0mtpa of direct reduction iron in the form of HBI. Brazil Iron is uniquely positioned in the heart of the state of Bahia, where world class iron ore Resources can be found, within an established and growing network of renewable energy generation projects.Web

Minas-Rio produced 22.94 million mt of iron ore in 2021, Anglo reported Jan. 27. BAMIN's C1 product cash cost on the ship (FOB) in Brazil should be $20/mt after the railway is completed, Sobotka said. Seaborne iron ore prices shot up Jan. 28 on a positive mid-term demand outlook.Web

The world's largest ore carrier, Vale Brasil, was loaded for the first time Tuesday at Pier I at Ponta da Madeira Port Terminal (TPPM) in Brazil.The vessel was loaded with 391,000 tons of iron ...Web

Construction work on the huge port began in July 2010 and commercial operations are slated to start in the middle of next year. Brazil is one of the world's largest iron-ore producers, exporting 234.4 million tonnes of the material in the first nine months of the year, according to the country's development and trade ministry.Web

Brazilian miner Vale has decided to stop production at its Fazendao iron ore mine in the state of Minas Gerais, after depletion of resources in the licensed area as it seeks to continue mining at theWeb

Exports Volume: Iron Ore: ytd data is updated monthly, averaging 139,718.000 Metric Ton th from Dec 2007 to Sep 2023, with 190 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 353,587.000 Metric Ton th in Dec 2018 and a record low of 10,475.000 Metric Ton th in Jan 2023.Web

The price spread between Brazilian high iron content Iron Ore Carajas (IOCJ) and seaborne medium brand fines has been bogged down by sluggish demand fundamentals amid diminished mill margins, higher portside stocks in China and limited support for Brazil's export prices despite the rainy season, market sources told S&P …Web

Anglo Ferrous Brazil is a company of Anglo American plc that is one of the world's largest mining and natural resource company. Anglo Ferrous Brazil currently owns 70% of the Amapa project, Minas-Rio iron ore project and 49% stake in LLX Minas-Rio. The Amapa iron ore project is located in Amapa state in the North of Brazil.Web

Samarco, owned jointly by BHP and Vale, restarted with blast furnace iron ore pellets shipped since Jan. 11, and is understood to be able to offer various qualities in both BF and DR pellet grades, with low overall impurities. Samarco's return to the market this year aided global supply after a shortage in pellet feed in Brazil and operational ...Web

A Brazilian federal court on Thursday ordered the suspension of activities at Vale SA's Port of Tubarão until pollution concerns are fixed, halting the world's largest iron ore exporter's ability ...Web

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China's iron ore share jumped in 2020. In 2020, which was a year filled with disruptions, the share of Brazilian iron ore exports destined for China continued its increase, jumping to 72.6% of total world exports in the full year, an increase of almost 10 percentage points from 2019. This testifies that despite a fall at the start of the year ...Web

Brazilian mining major Vale's iron ore exports reached 152.95 million mt as of January to July 2021, up 9.5% over the same period of 2020, according to Platts' trade-flow software cFlow. Since the second half of July, Platts Time Charter Equivalent, or TCE, assessments on the Western Australia to Qingdao route were at an average premium of ...Web

Following the decline of manganese mining after World War II, Miguel Burnier was incorporated into the iron ore mining that still continues in Minas Gerais. The Miguel Burnier mining district is located on the southwest border of Quadrilátero Ferrífero ( Fig. 2 ), a 7,000 km 2 region in the central part of Minas Gerais.Web

CSN operates two terminals at the Port of Itaguaí, in Rio de Janeiro: the bulk solids terminal (Tecar) and the container terminal (Sepetiba Tecon). Tecar has the …Web

London — The iron ore market could lose as much as 90 million mt/year of supplies from Brazil -- about a quarter of the country's total export capacity -- from output curbs following the fatal tailings dam burst at Vale's Corrego do Feijao mine January 25, informed sources close to the Brazilian miner said this week.Web

Brazil Being home to the second largest iron reserves in the world, the fourth largest bauxite reserves, and the seventh largest gold reserves, the bedrock of Brazil's …Web

The train, carrying the raw material, passes overhead roughly every 20 minutes. At the edge of the Amazon rainforest state of Pará, in north-central Brazil, sits the largest iron ore pit mine on ...Web

Iron ore products for export are transported by MRS to the Port of Itaguaí, in the state of Rio de Janeiro In addition, CSN has the Arcos mine, also in Minas Gerais, which produces three types of limestone, used as raw material for the manufacture of steel and for the production of clinker, the main input for cement .Web

This chapter first provides an overview of world iron ore production and trade, as well as reserves and resources, followed by a summary of the key mining operations in the top ten iron ore producing countries. ... A 400,000 ton Valemax ore carrier being loaded at Vale's Tubarão port in Brazil. As shown in Fig. 1.21, Vale's iron ore ...Web

Based on a 14-day moving average, Brazil's shipments are on track to surpass 33.6m tonnes this month, a 6% improvement MoM and 14% gain YoY. With the conditions in Brazil reportedly very dry, the maintenance schedule clear, and extremely high iron ore prices incentivising greater output, shipments are likely to accelerate further this month ...Web

Brazil is the second largest exporter of iron ore in the world and is estimated to have one of the main reserves of the material. Brazilian iron ore is also of better quality, as it has a higher iron content - around …Web