Mining’s dirty secret faces a climate reckoning
Producing a single metric ton of steel in a blast furnace typically releases around 2.3 tons of carbon dioxide, not much less than you’d get from burning a ton of thermal coal for energy.
Malaysia puts bauxite mining ban on hold until impact studies completed
Miners wishing to resume operations or start new ones must…
Mixed signals for China steel and iron ore point to prices drifting lower
More certainty is needed on the demand outlook before prices…
‘Zombie’ enterprises hampering China’s economic transformation – Chinalco
For years, such enterprises have survived on bank loans and…
LME launches seven new contracts to try to boost volumes, profit
The steel and alumina contracts have the best chance of…
