Before joining the Investing News Network as senior editor, Andrew was an editor at MINING.com, a mining and mineral exploration blog covering the global mining industry and commodities markets. With a background in newspaper and trade magazine reporting, Andrew has written for the Black Press newspaper chain in British Columbia, Business in Vancouver and Baum Publications, where he edited magazines on construction and environmental technology. Andrew also has experience in transportation logistics, having worked at the Port of Vancouver and for Korean shipping giant Hanjin. He studied journalism and political science, and earned a Master's degree from the London School of Economics. In his spare time Andrew enjoys cooking, playing squash and travel.
Tasman Metals (TSXV:TSM) popped 7.04 percent on the Toronto Venture Exchange Tuesday after the company announced its Norra Karr heavy REE project in Sweden was granted a 25-year lease.
AK Steel (NYSE:AKS) said on May 20th that Magnetation LLC (“Magnetation”), its joint venture with Magnetation, Inc., has successfully completed a $325 million senior secured note offering and has entered into a $50 million senior secured credit facility.
A North Dakota company plans to build a $60 million iron-producing plant near Jamestown using iron ore concentrate from Minnesota, Duluth News Tribune reported.
The Australian reports that Arrium said iron ore shipments surged 8.3 per cent in the third quarter as it continued to boost output at its Southern Iron mine in South Australia, which began producing towards the end of last year.
ABC News reports that a proposal by Venture Minerals (ASX:VMS) to build an iron ore mine in Tasmania’s Tarkine region has cleared an environmental hurdle.
