Hellenic Shipping News – China’s Recovery ‘Underestimated’ As Iron Ore Imports Continue At Record Levels

China continues to prove the market commentators wrong on the iron ore front, with the asian heavyweight’s imports still hitting record levels. In the past three months China’s iron ore imports have climbed 20 per cent year on year, while year-to-date they are up 11 per cent compared to the previous year. August imports were […]

Stockhead: LionOre founders among the canny investors climbing aboard at Salt Lake Potash (SO4)

Special Report: The founders of LionOre International, the mining house acquired by Russia’s Norilsk Nickel for US$6.3 billion in 2007, have emerged as new backers of Western Australian potash play Salt Lake Potash (ASX: SO4). Salt Lake announced this morning that it had received binding commitments to place 37.5 million shares at $0.54 each to […]

Stockhead – Potash stock guide: how the Pilbara could help feed the world

The Pilbara region of Western Australia is best known for iron ore — and in more recent times goldand lithium. But a group of pioneering ASX companies reckon it also has the potential to be a major hub for potash — a mineral salt that’s critical in plant, animal and human life. There are some […]