Der Ausblick in den wichtigsten Eisenerz-Nationen Australien und Brasilien verbessert sich. Jedoch mehren sich die Stimmen, die negative Auswirkungen der gewaltigen Expansions-Phasen sehen und damit ein drohendes Über-Angebot, falls die chinesische Nachfrage beginnt zu schwächeln - und das würde wiederrum die Eisenerz-Preise unter Druck bringen. Für die Big Player der Rohstoff-Branche - BHP, Rio Tinto und Vale - bleibt die Eisenerz-Sparte eine essentielle Gewinn-Quelle..
Iron ore staging strong comeback in 2014
Two of the top iron ore produces, Australia and Brazil, are set to benefit from soaring exports registered by the end of 2013, a trend expected to extend into 2014.
According to forecasts by East & Partners' iron ore and coal index, Australia will earn almost $22 billion from exports in the last three months of last year, as the country shipped 21% more ore (152 million tons) in the period than in Q3 2012.
By November, Australia’s iron ore miners had added over $65 billion in the financial year as the predicted crash in iron prices failed to materialize.
World’s second biggest miner Rio Tinto (ASX, LON, NYSE:RIO) announced then it would invest $400 million to expand its iron ore production to 360 million tonnes a year by 2017. In 2012 alone, the company poured $3.4 billion into previous expansions at its Pilbara operations, close to world’s largest known reserves of the steel making material.
The other major iron ore miners BHP Billiton (ASX:BHP) and Fortescue Metals Group (ASX:FMG) are also planning expansions after predictions that China will require a billion tonnes of iron ore by 2030..
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Link: http://www.mining.com/iron-ore-staging-strong-comeback-in-2014-77482/
Quelle: macrobusiness.com.au
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