Iron Ore Top Stories

Legacy uses AI to discover platinum in Australia

Proponents predict AI will be indispensable to help the industry ramp up the supply of battery metals for the global energy transition to fight climate change.

Colin McClelland | February 26, 2024 | 8:14 am

Iron ore price slides to 4-month low on higher China inventories, slow construction

Global iron ore shipments hovered at almost the highest level…

Reuters | February 26, 2024 | 6:53 am

Column: Metallurgical coal is the commodity world’s quiet performer

The fuel used in steelmaking has quietly been a top…

Reuters | February 25, 2024 | 12:09 pm

Indian steel mills seek iron ore export ban as China sales jump

Indian exports jumped 170% to 44 million tons last year…

Bloomberg News | February 25, 2024 | 12:03 pm

Some Australian ports reopen with cyclone to miss iron ore hub

Operations have resumed at Cape Preston West and Varanus Island,…

Bloomberg News | February 23, 2024 | 9:15 am

Metals markets face grueling summer as Chinese demand falters

Copper has dived below $8,000 a tonne and iron ore is trading south of $100.

Bloomberg News | May 26, 2023 | 7:38 am

Deep-sea mining may affect thousands of new species found in hotspot

Scientists have identified more than 5,500 entirely new species in the CCZ of the Pacific Ocean, an area targeted by deep-sea miners.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 26, 2023 | 3:46 am

Nippon Steel still in talks with Teck as it seeks stake in coal asset

Nippon Steel said in February it will spend around C$1.15 billion to buy a 10% stake in Elk Valley.

Reuters | May 25, 2023 | 10:06 am

BHP confident China property recovery will boost metals demand

Weaker-than-expected construction, particularly in the property sector, has pushed iron ore below $100 a tonne.

Bloomberg News | May 25, 2023 | 8:26 am

China’s state iron ore buyer gets down to business, yet to flex pricing power

Around 30 mills signed iron ore contracts though China Mineral Resources Group.

Reuters | May 25, 2023 | 7:42 am

Iron ore price drops below $100 as worries over China demand grow

A weaker yuan added to the gloomy mood.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | May 24, 2023 | 9:12 am

Aboriginal group says remediation at Juukan rock shelters has begun

The destruction of the culturally significant site in Western Australia triggered the exit of Rio's CEO, chairman and two senior executives.

Reuters | May 24, 2023 | 7:22 am

Commodity bull Goldman says ‘we were wrong’ but sticks to view

The investment bank says its forecasts for major rises in raw materials this year hadn’t panned out so far, but calls for a major rally.

Bloomberg News | May 24, 2023 | 4:42 am

Russia raises aluminum exports to China to near record levels as sanctions bite

Russian sales of refined aluminum to China nearly trebled in April from the previous year.

Bloomberg News | May 22, 2023 | 9:37 am

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