JFE Steel holds 15% equity in India's JSW Steel, which was also exploring an investment in Teck's coal business.

The project in Western Australia's Pilbara district comes as part of Rio's $3 billion plan to decarbonize its iron ore business.

Agroup of activists, miners, academics and residents are scheduled to attempt to block roads to push Larrea’s Grupo Mexico to do more more to repair damage from one of the country’s worst ecological disasters.  

The world’s biggest iron ore producer shipped 83.9 Mt from its Pilbara operations in the three months ended Sept. 30.

Vale subsidiary Bionow, which has been formed to produce biocarbon, is in its early stages.

The company also reported a 21.8% fall in first-quarter revenue.

The Swiss miner said in May that it wanted to develop a recycling hub for EV batteries with Canada's Li-Cycle.

The company slightly raised its full-year copper sales outlook.