MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Global miner BHP Billiton will meet its iron ore commitments to customers despite a supply disruption after it had to derail a runaway ore train in Western Australia, Chief ...

Iron ore mining is a dirty industry, not just because of the extraction and processing of material, but due to the transportation of it as well. Thankfully, steps are being taken to make ore ...

Rio Tinto (NYSE:RIO) -2.5% in Tuesday's trading after reporting Q2 iron ore shipments below analyst estimates, reflecting impacts to production from a train derailment in May at its Western Australia ...

Anglo American Plc’s South African iron ore unit said the state-owned logistics company which transports its output has stemmed a deterioration in performance that’s constrained the miner’s sales.

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Beyond the endless dunes of the Western Sahara lies Mauritania — a country the size of France and Germany combined, yet home to a population of only 4 million. Poverty, scarce infrastructure, and a ...

A Rio Tinto Plc unit signed a $277 million agreement to buy locomotives from Wabtec Corp. to transport iron ore from Guinea’s Simandou deposit, the world’s biggest untapped reserves of the mineral.

A loaded train travelling from Newman to Port Hedland stopped about 211km into its journey yesterday morning to allow the driver to inspect an issue with a wagon. While the driver was outside the ...