The steel ministry will soon write to the finance ministry demanding to hike export duty on iron ore to 30 per cent from the current 20 per cent, a move to ensure that there is no shortage of the raw

Government on Monday said it may further increase duties on iron ore to discourage its export in order to keep it for meeting domestic demands.

"We have increased export duty from five per cent to

Toronto: Even as ArcelorMittal stuck to its Thursday night deadline of a friendly takeover offer of $492 million to Canada's Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation, rival Nunavut Iron Ore upped its hostile

Rejecting Karnataka government's plea, the Centre on Saturday ruled out the possibility of banning iron ore exports, saying such move would result in massive unemployment, revenue losses and social te

Armed Maoists set on fire at least six trucks loaded with iron ore in Chhattisgarh's violence-hit Dantewada district early on Saturday, police said.

"Maoists came out of forests around midnight and s

Aug. 2: NMDC Ltd, Asia’s third largest iron ore miner, said that its net profit has almost doubled in the first quarter of fiscal 2010 on the back of a rise in ore prices. The miner has reported a pro