Japanese trading firm Mitsui has approved the investment to expand the iron ore export capacity at Cape Lambert, Western Australia, by 70 mt...

Vale has announced that Japan has received a Valemax ship for the first time....

Although the gradual demise of bulk ship unloading by grab was being predicted in the 1990s for reasons of its inefficiency and environmenta...

Rio Tinto has reached the historic milestone of exporting 3 bt of iron ore from Australia, which it says highlights the exponential growth o...

China remained a net steel importer in May, loading 53.46 mt of overseas iron ore....

Japanese operator NYK has taken delivery of BAO GUO, a new 200,000 dwt bulk carrier....

Japan’s Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) has signed a contract with China’s Beitai Iron & Steel Group to haul iron ore from Brazil for a period...

Australia’s iron ore miners have secured an unprecedented 71.5 per cent increase in iron ore contract prices, which, coupled with a 120 pe...

BHP Billiton (BHPB)’s decision to increase its coking coal export volumes to 100 mtpa by 2010 (see Bulk Materials International September/...

There is a general feeling in Australia that the current boom in coal and ore demand marks the start of a sustainable long-term trend. Confi...

K-Line has placed an order with Universal Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) for an other 300,000 dwt super large ore carrier, its third, to be ...

Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has announced an agreement with Nippon Steel Corp to construct and operate a 323,000 dwt ultra large ore carrier (ULO...

Not only is the massive Chinese steelmaker Baosteel expanding its domestic activities through links with foreign steelmakers - notably an ag...