Iron Ore Top Stories

Sierra Leone woos miners to clean energy with $11 billion plan

Most mining firms rely on their own diesel supplies to extract iron ore, diamonds, rutile and bauxite in the resource-rich country.

Bloomberg News | November 21, 2024 | 7:35 am

Brazil’s Gerdau buys out Sumitomo Corp and JSW in Gerdau Summit

The transaction is expected to close in early 2025.

Reuters | November 21, 2024 | 7:22 am

Beleaguered Ellison faces MinRes shareholders

The board of under-siege Mineral Resources faced grilling in Perth…

Kristie Batten | November 21, 2024 | 6:04 am

Iron ore price at one-week high on softer dollar, pre-holiday stocking

Underpinning prices is some mills kicking off buying seaborne cargoes…

Reuters | November 19, 2024 | 6:41 am

Nippon Steel not to import from overseas mills in bid to save US Steel deal

Nippon is looking to close its $14.9 billion deal for…

Reuters | November 18, 2024 | 12:23 pm

LMFP battery technology breakthrough could increase EV range by 20%, Integrals Power says

The company's LMFP materials feature 80% manganese, instead of the 50-70% typically found in competing materials.

Staff Writer | October 9, 2024 | 4:02 pm

Iron ore price spikes briefly as China plans fresh fiscal briefing

The steelmaking staple spiked more than 3%, before giving up most of that gain.

Bloomberg News | October 9, 2024 | 9:32 am

Vale swaps head of iron ore business

Rogerio Nogueira, Vale's current director of product and business development, was appointed to fill the role on an interim basis.

Reuters | October 8, 2024 | 2:12 pm

Iron ore price plunges as China fails to deliver fresh stimulus

Iron ore price down more than 5% on Chinese stimulus disappointment.

Bloomberg News | October 7, 2024 | 10:31 pm

Iron ore price rally continues

Iron ore rose — adding to two big weekly gains — on speculation China’s top economic planner will unveil more stimulus measures on Tuesday.

Bloomberg News | October 7, 2024 | 4:07 am

India’s SAIL ties up with BHP to reduce carbon emissions

India's steel industry accounts for 10%-12% of the country's total emissions.

Reuters | October 7, 2024 | 3:59 am

Metals markets eye China reopening for stimulus rally cues

There are still concerns that Beijing will need to act even more to restore China to its status as the growth engine for major commodities.

Bloomberg News | October 7, 2024 | 12:32 am

The top 50 biggest mining companies in the world

Despite gold's price slump, strong copper and iron ore prices lifted MINING.COM's ranking of the world's 50 most valuable miners to a new record high of $1.35 trillion.

MINING.com Editor | October 5, 2024 | 2:59 am

Iron-rich volcanoes may hold vast rare earth reserves, study finds

Rare earth element concentrations could be nearly 200 times higher than those found in silicate-rich melts.

Staff Writer | October 4, 2024 | 9:07 am

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