Friday 16 January 2015

Otmane El Rhazi : Low oil price a lifeline for small iron miners

Otmane El Rhazi from Mining Weekly | Ferrous Metals Home.



Efforts by big iron ore producers to put smaller, higher-cost rivals out of business by oversupplying the market are not paying off yet, and it's mainly due to price falls in another commodity – oil. The ploy by Australian majors Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton has pushed iron ore prices to their lowest in more than five years.

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