Chinese pour money into Guinea iron venture
AIM-traded Bellzone strikes a deal with China International Fund to build a $2.7bn railway that opens up a giant iron ore deposit in Guinea and potentially brings forward the production date.
Kumba fears no long-term strike effects
Kumba Iron Ore, which is 64% owned by Anglo American, says it is confident that the Transnet strike will have no long-term effect on the company's exports.
Kumba defends Zim from conflict of interest charge
Kumba defends chairman Lazarus Zim after a report in a South African newspaper suggesting there may be a conflict of interest because of links to the head of the group that snatched rights in Sishen mine.
ArcelorMittal SA seeks quick end to price row
ArcelorMittal South Africa seeks a quick end to a price row with Kumba Iron Ore and maintains a focus on growing in Africa.
China steel sector ripe for consolidation
China's steel industry is ripe for consolidation in coming years, but the process elsewhere has largely run its course, says the head of ArcelorMittal , the world's largest steelmaker.
Samancor suspends ops after two die
Samancor Chrome, the world's second largest ferrochrome producer, has shut down mine
operations following a blast incident that claimed two lives.
Zimbabwe rejects Arcelor’s Zisco bid
Zimbabwe rejects a takeover bid by South Africa's ArcelorMittal for state steel maker ZISCO in a move that could slow a drive to attract foreign investment.
Kumba blasts ArcelorMittal again
Kumba Iron Ore says it will review iron ore supplies to ArcelorMittal unless the steelmaker agrees to an interim pricing arrangement "in the near future".
Arcelor profits soar as legal battles rage
South Africa's largest steel maker ArcelorMittal SA posts a strong rise in profits as it fights a number of competition-related battles and tries to restore a cheap supply of iron ore.
China OKs individual iron ore deals as talks stalemate
China's steel industry body will allow mills to sign individual supply deals with global miners, as it seemed to abandon efforts to preserve annual pricing that for months had appeared doomed.