Sweden’s H2 Green Steel raises $1.6bn for Boden plant

The World Steel Association has projected a 2.3% contraction in global steel demand this year.

The DRC has published around 200 contracts and related documents in the last two years.

The International Monetary Fund forecasts China's GDP will expand by just 3.2% this year, down from 8.1% growth in 2021.

The world mined 2.8 billion tonnes of metals in 2021. This infographic visualizes them all on the same scale.

Brazil is nearing the end of campaigning ahead of a second-round runoff election between leftist former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

Demand for the metal -- which is widely viewed as an economic barometer -- will drop 2.3% in 2022, bucking an April outlook for a small increase.

Iron ore prices dipped on Wednesday after BHP reported higher quarterly output of the steelmaking ingredient, adding to supply-side pressures.

The world's largest miner said iron ore production from Western Australia was 72.1 million tonnes in the quarter ended September 30.

The Brazilian mining giant produced 89.7 million metric tonnes, topping the 87.2 million-tonne average analyst estimate.