Iron Ore Top Stories

Ivanhoe Electric ties up with Saudi Arabia’s Ma’aden

The companies have formed a 50/50 joint venture to explore for metals considered key for the global energy transition.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 11, 2023 | 3:46 am

Top 50 mining companies in 2022: coal, lithium win big, China investors lose out

Commodity prices are always volatile, but in 2022 metal and…

Frik Els | January 9, 2023 | 11:16 am

Civmec gets over $228m contract for Rio’s Western Range project

Civmec will carry out engineering work from its Henderson facility…

Reuters | January 9, 2023 | 10:02 am

Fortescue Metals CFO Ian Wells to step down in latest shakeup

Wells' resignation is the latest in the top management departures…

Reuters | January 9, 2023 | 6:43 am

What to watch as China gives commodities a wild start to year

Commodities are having a volatile start to the year as…

Bloomberg News | January 6, 2023 | 7:39 am

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China to keep economy within reasonable range, act to ease commodity prices

China, the world's biggest importer of most major commodities, has already made several attempts to stall a surge in prices for everything from iron ore to coal.

Reuters | July 13, 2021 | 8:11 am

Botswana begins first iron ore mining project

The African nation's heavy reliance on diamonds, which account for a fifth of the Botswana's GDP and more than two thirds of its foreign exchange income.

Reuters | July 13, 2021 | 7:58 am

Vale has decommissioned Fernandinho dam

Work is part of a program to decomission dams that used similar structures to the one in Brumadinho, a dam that burst in 2019 and killed over 200.

Reuters | July 13, 2021 | 7:44 am

Vale says value of Samarco settlement not open to renegotiation

The lead prosecutor had declined to say how much more they were looking for, but referenced a benchmark of 155 billion reais.

Reuters | July 12, 2021 | 9:13 am

Iron ore price up despite high China ferrous scrap imports

China's recycled steel imports hit 114,741 million tonnes in May, more than 28 times the volume seen in January when the country lifted import restrictions on ferrous scrap.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | July 12, 2021 | 8:12 am

Europe’s climate masterplan aims to slash emissions within a decade

If approved, plan would put the bloc on track to meet its 2030 goal of reducing planet-warming emissions by 55% from 1990 levels.

Reuters | July 12, 2021 | 5:26 am

Iron ore price drops on steel output control worries

Benchmark iron ore futures in China tumbled on Friday and logged their fourth straight weekly fall.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | July 9, 2021 | 8:35 am

Iron ore price retreats as steel production cuts spark demand concerns

A major steel producer in eastern China had been urged to idle its blast furnaces after a central government inspection, according to Reuters.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | July 8, 2021 | 8:32 am

Rio Tinto, POSCO join forces to cut steel sector emissions

Partnership will explore a range of technologies for decarbonization across the value chain from iron ore mining to steelmaking.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 8, 2021 | 6:55 am

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