Articles On Aspire Mining (ASX:AKM)

Coal miners will be watching international markets closely tonight as a ban on Russian coal proposed by the European Commission back in April comes into effect. Ever since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the frailty of European energy markets...

Goldman Sachs analysts say iron ore prices could drop faster than expected on bearish steel sentiment But iron ore prices have strengthened as steel margins have improved and Chinese authorities have moved to support its property market an...

Fenix Resources boss Rob Brierley says weakness in iron ore supply means prices will be set by demand Iron ore futures in Singapore hit 2022 low as China’s steel mills drop prices Coal miners begin to look cheap again as thermal prices pic...

Fenix Resources buys out haulage JV to take control of logistics, mimicking the structure of the Pilbara majors Rio Tinto opens 43Mtpa Gudai-Darri mine in the Pilbara as junior Strike prepares first shipment from Paulsens East Queensland c...

Iron ore miners suffered a heavy sell-off yesterday as commodity prices fell on fears of Covid lockdowns in China Iron ore and steel market observer Mark Eames says there is more upside than downside thanks to the tight supply-demand balan...

Australia’s biggest bank has upgraded its long-term iron ore and coking coal forecasts in response to Covid, Chinese commodity demand and Russia But high energy prices could drive investment in decarbonisation, clouding the outlook for the...

China’s Covid Zero policy has seen analysts knock down economic forecasts Bad news for sentiment in steel and raw materials, with iron ore futures tumbling in afternoon trade Coal prices remain freaking high A precipitous slide in Asian i...

Highlights The shares of BHP Group, Fortescue Metals Group Limited, and Telstra Corporation Limited traded in the red during today's intraday trading session. At one point, the healthcare sector was the top performer today. Thursda...

WoodMac sees pathway for steel industry to reduce emissions 30% by 2050 Transition will require shift away from blast furnace to scrap-based electric arc furnace steelmaking Despite Chinese strong steel output in April, Commbank sees suppo...

Iron ore miners have been looking fragile over the last week, clawing to hopes of a second half revival in the Chinese economy as the impact of its Covid lockdowns worsen. Prices remain relatively high compared to major producer margins, wi...

Stanmore has completed its ambitious US$1.2 billion ($1.7b) acquisition of BHP’s Poitrel and South Walker Creek coal mines Its founder Nick Jorss is aiming to repeat his success at new coal producer Bowen Coking Coal Jorss says steelmaking...

China’s steel output has shown signs of life, building throughout the first quarter of 2022 after collapsing to its slowest rate in four years in October and November 2021. That came despite widespread curbs on mill output due to the Winter...

The ASX200 has taken a 0.5% hit on Wednesday, with the tech sector giving back all the previous session’s gains after Wall Street fell and the tech-laden Nasdaq Composite lost 2.3% overnight. The overnight session was dominated by comments...

Iron ore and coal to drive $425 billion windfall for resources exports in 2021-22 according to Canberra forecasters India removes tariffs on Aussie coal exports as part of free trade deal Coal prices start to normalise (kinda), with premiu...

The S&P/ASX Emerging Companies (XEC) Index is racking about 0.3% higher on Tuesday, while the benchmark ASX 200 (XJO) rose 0.7%, buoyed by a resurgent tech sector and a strong performance from consumer discretionary companies ahead of t...

Australian companies are lining up to deliver new high grade iron ore mines in a bid to capture tailwinds from the need to reduce emissions across the sector. This week no less than three studies have been released by ASX-listed juniors, ta...

Analysts tipping a major correction in the coal price by the end of 2022 have changed their tune after Russia’s war with Ukraine blew up the market. Prices have confounded belief, with tightness in the seaborne segment of the coal market bo...

Coal prices have bounded to new record highs on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, extending the bonanza Australian based coal miners have enjoyed since the middle of last year. The stunning turnaround in metallurgical and thermal coal prices ha...

Mongolia isn’t just the home of Ghengis Khan and nomadic tribes who hunt with eagles. The country is fast becoming a mining powerhouse, as global players hunt for resources in the stable jurisdiction with access to Europe and China. You may...

Back before the last mining boom buying a tonne of iron ore was little more than a trip to the corner store, with the bulk commodity fetching prices in the range of US$30/t. When Chinese steel production and industrial growth began to overt...

In one of the big iron ore headline makers of the past month the WA Government has released its new plan for Port Hedland, the world’s largest iron ore export hub. The Pilbara Ports Authority has already pushed its export rate beyond the 49...

Iron ore is in familiar territory right now. Talked down by analysts who predict it is due for a dive, the headline Australian commodity has been defiant in 2022 so far. Despite the column inches expended on the rise in crude oil prices so...

Phase 2 of the FEED (Front End Engineering Design) study on the Erdenet Rail Terminal Infrastructure is also due to be completed within the March 2022 quarter.

The Pilbara iron ore miners are facing business pressures on a number of fronts, including the on again, off again story around the reopening of WA’s Covid border. The WA Government’s decision to delay its planned February 5 reopening inde...

The iron ore market does not offer the simple narrative that it did in the first two decades of the 21st century nor that of the suite of “green metals” like lithium, nickel and copper now hitched to electric vehicle sales and efforts to ma...

The Santa rally continued today with the ASX closing higher than yesterday by 0.13%, despite trading lower for much of the day. Tech had a solid day gaining 2.6% ,while health and telcos gained 0.78%. Materials and property were the worst s...

Coal mining is hardly popular but governments around the world, most of whom have promised to work to reduce the impacts of climate change, can’t get enough of it. It may be getting harder to finance and gain approval for mining coal, the b...

Iron ore has been unpredictable in 2021 and it would be a brave person to make a hard and fast call on where it will end up in 2022. In fact, with the whims of the Chinese Communist Party and vagaries of its economy one of the major factors...

The topsy turvy data coming out of China’s steel sector continues to roll on after the world’s biggest steelmaker revealed iron ore imports hit a 13-month high in November despite sliding steel production. China’s appetite for iron ore roar...

Hancock Prospecting is making a big move into magnetite iron ore, this week inking an initial $9 million deal to farm into the Mt Bevan iron ore project owned by juniors Legacy Iron Ore (ASX:LCY) and Hawthorn Resources (ASX:HAW). It’s an in...

Westpac is the latest major financial institution to knock down its iron ore forecasts after prices dived below US$100/t again on a slowdown in steel production in China it describes as the largest since 2008. It revised its price forecasts...

After a positive Monday to Thursday, the ASX wiped out gains made across the week, losing more than 1% today The ASX followed a plunge on Wall Street with the ASX 200 closing at 7,324, which was 1.44% lower than yesterday’s close. While Wal...

If there was any doubt about the importance of grade in iron ore, check out the latest numbers from Mineral Resources (ASX:MIN). Chris Ellison’s miner suffered a 48% discount to average Platts 62% iron ore prices in the September Quarter. T...

Set against rumours of its demise, spot iron ore has remained stubbornly defiant, reminding investors again why forecasting is a fool’s errand by bouncing above US$135/t on Monday night. A broad consensus is forming around metals like coppe...

Is there any end to coal’s incredible price run in 2021? This week has seen thermal coal prices rise to record levels, with low volatility 6000kcal product from Newcastle soaring 5% to US$240/t yesterday. Twelve months ago, when China’s dip...

On a day Facebook was out for 6 hours, the tech sector – in Australia and abroad – was sold off and that was enough to send the ASX into negative territory. The ASX 200 closed 0.41% down at 7,248 points and tech was easily the worst sector,...

Stage 2 FEED study aims at increasing the level of detail and accuracy in design and cost estimations for the preferred infrastructure configuration expected to be completed within the December quarter.

The company is focused on engineering, permitting and financing the Ovoot Coking Coal Project in Mongolia with the intention to mine coking coal by open pit and delivering to customers in China and Russia via the existing Mongolian rail net...

Coking coal prices have gone a wee bit crazy in recent weeks, presenting a once in a generation opportunity for ASX-listed companies who looked sickly as the 2021 financial year wrapped up. According to Fastmarkets MB, supply remains tight...

Is Rio Tinto (ASX:RIO) going to disappoint on shipments yet again? The gaffe-prone Pilbara miner, which was carried by stratospheric iron ore prices to a US$9.1 billion dividend at the half year, appears likely to miss its ambitious guidanc...

Andrew Forrest said he wouldn’t bet against the price of iron ore this week as he addressed media and analysts in a lap of honour for Fortescue Metals Group’s (ASX:FMG) transformative 2021. That was driven by record high iron ore prices thr...

Coal players — both coking (steelmaking) and thermal (power) — have ridden rough seas for the past few years. Things are now starting to get better. A lot, lot better. Premium Low Vol CFR China – a benchmark for Chinese coking coal imports...

How’s that Aussie coal ban going for China? Prices of imported premium coking coal in the Middle Kingdom soared to record highs of US$384 per tonne while China looks around every nook and cranny to source the product it once got from our ea...

BHP (ASX:BHP) has taken advantage of 2021’s astonishing boom in iron ore prices to shower shareholders with a record dividend and kickstart the transformation of the world’s biggest mining house. Its final payout of US$2 per share came off...

Iron ore prices fell to their lowest level in two and a half months on the back of noise about steel production cuts in China on Friday, only to moderate on Monday. A 7% flop in iron ore prices to a little over US$180/t to end last week wou...

Are Chinese steel margins on the way back up? Sliding and eventually negative steel margins in June led many analysts to the conclusion that high prices for iron ore would slide rapidly in the second half of the year as steel producers look...

Tasmanian iron ore producer Grange Resources (ASX:GRR) has become well known for the quality of its iron ore and, while small in volume, makes up for it in tactical nous by supplying pellets that grade around 65%. The Caleb Daniel of the ir...

In spite of China’s complaints about commodity prices, iron ore was relatively steady in June after a volatile May, with benchmark 62% fines opening the first full week of the new financial year above US$220/t. Those price levels, up from a...

The sun is shining again on Australian iron ore, at least for now, with prices again threatening to touch historic levels just one month after reaching record highs. Benchmark 62% fines opened the week in China at US$222.30 a tonne, just US...

The company recently received fresh laboratory results confirming the OCCP has high-quality premium fat coking coal of high value and looks well placed to cater for increasing demand as neighbouring China shifts away from Australian coal.