Articles On Jameson Resources (ASX:JAL)

BHP says cumulative steel demand in the next 30 years will double that of the last 30, arguing the commodity will be a net beneficiary of decarbonisation and climate change The changing environment alone could drive increase in demand equa...

Iron ore prices received a bump after Covid lockdowns in Chengdu were relaxed But they quickly retreated, with analysts saying a decision on whether to end China’s Covid Zero policy could be a big turning point for the commodity Like it or...

It’s the canary in the, well, you’ve probably read enough of these by now to know the idiom. For iron ore prices that is steel production in China and downstream demand from things like car production, infrastructure and property developme...

Mineral Resources and global partners approve $3bn Onslow iron ore mine day before prices drop below US$100/t Chinese steel giant Baowu will both have a stake in the mine and market up to 75% of MinRes’ product Coal prices remain ridiculou...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Each week, Stockhead recaps ASX stocks that are “running hot” as deduced by the Relative Strength Index (RSI). The RSI is a technical gauge which measures how trading momentum is affecting the price action. A reading of 70 is seen as the le...

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...

The Australian bourse recouped most of yesterday’s losses despite tech stocks dropping again, this time by 3.49%. The ASX 200 rose 0.78%, closing at 7,411 points, with the gains driven by the resources and energy sectors, which gained 2.3%...

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...

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...

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...

Local stocks struggled for traction in Wednesday trade, as the major indexes drifted sideways following a weak lead out of the US. Banks and energy stocks were up, offsetting falls in resources and consumer staples. There were few major cat...

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...

Local stocks tracked higher on Friday in a relatively calm session to end the week. The ASX200 traded flat, edging higher by 0.36% into the close. Those gains were comfortably outpaced by the small end of town, as the microcap Emerging Comp...

Stockhead’s Top 10 at 10, published at 10.15am each trading day, highlights the best (and worst) performing ASX small caps in morning trade using live data. It’s a short, sharp update to help frame the trading day by showing the biggest mov...

What happened to the most talked about commodities in July? Gold bounced back from recent lows to record a solid 2.54% gain (that’s +4.12% in Aussie dollar terms). The base metals suite – aluminium, copper, lead, nickel, tin and zinc – all...

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...

The Australian share market has followed Wall Street’s lead, closing 0.85% lower in today’s trading. All sectors were down except for Health Care, with the worst performers being Energy and Mining, both falling by more than 2%. In big cap n...

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...