Vale says value of Samarco settlement not open to renegotiation

Prices of steel and steel-making raw materials in China rose on Friday amid optimism over progress in the U.S.-Sino trade talks.

The government shutdown is adding to the woes of U.S. companies already paying tariffs for their steel and aluminum.

General Franklimberg Ribeiro de Freitas’s return to the country’s Indigenous Rights Agency (Funai) is seen by many as positive, as the agency has lost funding and authority on land issues.

Rio's 2018 iron ore shipments from Australia's Pilbara region totaled 338.2 million tonnes, compared to 330.1 million tonnes the year before.

“We believe that these new cash-settled contracts... will help lower barriers to market entry"

Canada's cobalt sector and Ecuador's budding mining sector for copper and gold will be investment hot spots.

All steel imports will be subject to an effective cap until July 2021 to counter concerns of EU producers that European markets could be flooded by steel.

Some of the mining world’s top executives are starting to plan their departures.

The move has comes as Vale aims to generate all of its energy needs from renewable sources.