Mining

COVID-19, climatic disruptions and auction delays to reduce global iron ore production by 1.2% in 2020, says GlobalData

Global iron ore production is expected to decline by 1.2% in 2020 to 2,230.8 million tonnes (Mt) as the leading producers are affected by a...

02 July, 2020

Global iron ore consumption to drop by 2.8% driven by COVID-19 impact and lack of demand in auto industry, says GlobalData

The impact of COVID-19 on the mining industry has been strained by the struggling global automotive industry, which consumes approximately 17% of iron ore globally....

01 July, 2020

Mining operations on hold due to COVID-19 lockdowns drops to 729, says GlobalData

Since mid-March, the response of governments worldwide to the COVID-19 pandemic has led to severe disruption of mining activities across a large number of countries....

28 April, 2020

COVID-19 to slow mining industry development project momentum in Q2 2020

The share of global mining projects that progressed to their next stage of development has decreased from 3.8% in Q4 2019 to 2.8% in Q1...

17 April, 2020

Iron ore exports from India to decline by 25% in 2020 amid Covid-19 lockdown, says GlobalData

Iron ore exports from India are expected to decline by around 25% to 23.3 Mt in 2020 due to the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak and the subsequent closure...

14 April, 2020

COVID-19 initial impact to reduce China’s iron ore output by 3% in 2020, says GlobalData

China’s iron ore production is forecast to decline by 3% to 78.2 Mt in 2020 due to the impact of coronavirus (Covid-19). Between January and...

13 April, 2020