Ore and More

Benjamin Cox is Chief Executive Officer of Roche Bay, an iron ore mining company which owns mining leases in Nunavut, Canada. Mr. Cox has researched and developed business, financial and shipping models for every major iron ore project, focusing on their economics. He is also an expert on steel industry market dynamics with a raw materials focus, including sub-markets such as DRI and HBI. Mr. Cox has spent a significant time on the dry bulk shipping market and its impact on the iron ore market. He wrote regular industry updates on a blog called the Roche Bay List, from the industry from a market perspective. Mr. Cox regularly speaks at industry conferences, on topics ranging from the global pellet premium to the iron ore oligopoly. He holds a BS from Brandeis University and an MBA from Portland State University with a focus on Finance. Mr. Cox does original, custom financial and market research on the iron ore and steel markets.