Industrial Minerals

Logistics News & Reports

• Shipping costs up on optimism 11 March 2010

  Baltic Dry Index rises on Asian coal demand and bullish Chinese iron ore price forecasts Read More

• China plans rail for the world 09 March 2010

  Lithium on agenda as China eyes world’s resources with global rail network Read More

• Shipping costs sail upwards 04 March 2010

  Rates up as post Chinese New Year demand for steel bullish; spot iron ore rising Read More

• Shipping rates lose direction 25 February 2010

  Baltic Dry Index flat as world waits for China to return to work after New Year Read More

• LME wants freight trade j-v 23 February 2010

  London Metal Exchange approaches Baltic Exchange on freight forwards joint venture Read More

• Shipping wobbles on Greek woes 18 February 2010

  World economies impact shipping as crisis grips Greece, China stops spending Read More

• Freight costs set to increase 11 February 2010

  Dry bulk shipping rates expected to rise on recovering economies restocking Read More

• Dry bulk shipping rates sink 04 February 2010

  Freight costs slide on declining Chinese winter coal demand; iron ore price talks Read More

• Australia phosphate pipeline 29 January 2010

  Phosphate Australia eyes A$200m. pipeline from Highland Plains project to north coast Read More

• Europe shipping activity slumps 22 January 2010

  Goods throughput at European hubs plummeted in '09 but Rotterdam optimistic Read More

• Antwerp deepens port entrance 15 January 2010

  Deepening of Western Scheldt will raise shipping capacity at major minerals port Read More

• Freight rates firm up 14 January 2010

  Shipping rates increase as spot iron ore prices rise in tight sea borne market Read More

• Freight rates’ New Year bounce 07 January 2010

  Shipping rates rise as Chinese steel mills begin buying iron ore and coal Read More

• Freight rates may rise in 2010 31 December 2009

  Signs of recovering economies could mean a return of rising shipping rates Read More

• Shipping rates slump 24 December 2009

  Baltic Dry Index falls as China's central bank eyes tighter lending for steel makers Read More

• Freight rates sink further 17 December 2009

  Dry bulk rates carry on sliding despite an expected uptick in iron ore demand in 2010 Read More

• Global freight rates retreat 03 December 2009

  Shipping rates continue downward direction as market corrects after four-week rally Read More

• Shipping rates soften from peak 24 November 2009

  Global dry bulk rates fizzle out from 2009 highs but the BDI remains above 4000 Read More

• Shipping rates hit yearly high 19 November 2009

  BDI hits 2009 high as China stocks up on winter coal and starts iron ore talks Read More

• India soda ash ship capsizes 12 November 2009

  Vessel carrying soda ash off the coast of Gujarat capsizes in rough weather Read More

• Freight rates up 7 weeks running 12 November 2009

  Shipping rates increase as China ups coal imports before winter Read More

• Shipping rates up nearly 10% 05 November 2009

  Asian manufacturing pulls rates up but China worries about overstocked iron ore Read More

• Shipping rates flying high 29 October 2009

  The Baltic Dry Index stays high on bullish Chinese economic growth for Q4 Read More