Emerging Australian listed iron ore company Sundance Resources Ltd said it plans to accelerate a pre-feasibility study and and exploration program at its Mbalam iron ore project in West Africa after receiving shareholder approval today to complete the second tranche of a 30 mln aud capital raising.
The funds are being raised through a placement priced... 
Western Australia’s iron ore boom is set to roll on, with fresh predictions that prices will rise again next year as yet another international steel producer joins the rush for WA iron ore assets ahead of a State visit by officials from one of Russia’s biggest iron and steel groups.
Addressing shareholders of African iron ore hopeful Sundance... 
Iran Minerals Production and Supply Co, produced around 13,313,084 tons of iron ore during the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year (started March, 21, 2006), Tehran Times reported.
The figure is indicative of 120% growth compared with the same period last year.
An affiliate to Iran Minerals Production and Supply Co., Iran Central... 
Ukrainian iron ore mines boosted pellet production in 2006.
Poltavsky GOK (PGOK), Ukraine’s biggest producer, raised commercial pellet production tentatively 10.2% to 8.55 million tonnes of pellets, a source at the company told Interfax. Iron ore concentrate productiongrew 15.7% to 9.621 million tonnes.
PGOK produced 782,000 tonnes of... 
The mining of iron ore could become a new source of income for Perak, replacing tin mining which in the past had been a major source of income for the state.
Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Tajol Rosli Ghazali said the state government had received many applications from companies keen on carrying out iron ore mining.
He, however, declined to give details... 