Fortescue in new debt cut move
Fortescue Metals has made a further debt repayment of $US1bn, following its September return of US700m.
Fortescue Metals has made a further debt repayment of $US1bn, following its September return of US700m.
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If broker UBS is right, yesterday’s virile performance by our blue-chip miners should be only the beginning.
Fortescue chair Andrew Forrest accuses BHP and Rio of “high-grading” their Pilbara iron ore mines for short-term gain.
Andrew Forrest has splashed out on Fortescue shares, taking his holding beyond one third.
Fortescue’s market run has prompted Credit Suisse to warn the miner’s share price may have overshot fair value.
Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue Metals Group has spelled out how it plans to deliver another round of deep cost savings.
Shares in Fortescue jumped to a two-and-a-half-year high, after it expressed confidence in Chinese demand for iron ore.
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Fortescue is chipping away at its production costs but the ability to extend the cost-cutting is under pressure.
Fortescue has maintained its full year guidance after outstripping expectations for first quarter iron ore output.
Fortescue Metals Group will pay BC Iron just $1 for a 75 per cent interest in the mothballed Nullagine iron ore mine.
Fortescue will buy BC Iron’s 75pc stake in their suspended Nullagine JV for $1 and may resume mining.
Fortescue Metals Group chief financial officer Stephen Pearce will leave at the end of the year to join Anglo American.
Longstanding CFO Stephen Pearce is about to exit the miner, as Greg Lilleyman joins in a separate role.
Fat margins — and growing confidence in the iron ore price — has prompted Fortescue’s $931m early loan repayment.
Fortescue has continued its push to slash debt during a period of relative stability in iron ore markets.
The ratings agency has welcomed Fortescue’s efforts to further reduce costs and secured debt.
Ratings agency Moody’s has upgraded its credit ratings for Fortescue after the iron ore miner slashed debt.
Moody’s has lifted Fortescue Metals’ debt rating in the wake of its full-year profit.
The iron ore price has inched higher, as Fortescue Metals Group voiced confidence in Chinese demand for the commodity.
Fortescue Metals will pay a record dividend, including $124.5m to chair Andrew Forrest, as profit triples to $1.3bn.
Fortescue has moved heaven and earth, and should now withstand whatever the iron ore market throws at it.
Fortescue’s founder is set for a dividend bounty as it rewards shareholders, following a stellar recovery in profit.
As four of China’s biggest steel mills are consolidated into two, Australia’s iron ore miners could benefit.
Consolidation flagged among China’s steel giants will benefit Australian iron ore miners, says Nev Power.
The broader question for iron ore producers is how much steam is left in the 2016 recovery.
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