DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Global Iron Ore Cost Curve” report to their offering.

This report provides a breakdown of mining cash costs per tonne for individual iron ore operations, company production and country production. The analysis covers 70 iron ore operations accounting for over 1,300Mt of iron ore production globally, the majority of which is export production.

Overall 30 companies have been included, ranging from the large producers , such as Rio Tinto, Vale and BHP Billiton, to one-mine companies, such as BC Iron, and large steel producers, such as Arcelor Mittal.

This presentation and accompanying Excel data provide an iron ore cost curve for 70 mines contributing to over 90% of the seaborne iron ore market, with breakdown of costs into mining, processing, admin, freight and royalties.

Specific datasets include:

• Global Mine Level Cost Costs
• Global Company Equity Production Costs
• Country level Production Costs
• Rio Tinto Cost Curve
• Vale Cost Curve
• BHP Billiton Curve

The report is based The proprietary cost estimation model and data from The Mining Intelligence Center.

Reasons To Buy:

• Understand the global industry structure of iron ore mines
• Analyse mines you may be working with, including how they compare against their peers
• Assess the performance of iron ore companies

Companies Mentioned:

• BHP Billiton
• Labrador Iron Ore Royalty Corporation
• Mitsubishi Corporation
• Sinosteel Corporation
• Hancock Prospecting Pty Limited
• Rio Tinto
• Sumitomo Corporation
• Mitsui & Co
• Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
• Vale
• Clif

Report Structure:

1 Introduction

2 Methodology

3 Cost Components

4 Key Highlights

5 Global Iron Ore Cost Curve, 2015

6 Company Cost Curve, 2015

7 Country Cost Curve 2015

8 Rio Tinto Cost Curve, 2015

9 Vale Cost Curve, 2015

10 BHP Billiton Cost Curve, 2015

11 Further Information

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/xgwgx4/global_iron_ore