China’s 2025 steel demand to fall 1.5% on year, state research institute says
China's steel consumption in 2024 and 2025 is forecast at 863 million metric tons and 850 million tons, respectively.
Australian mining giant Rio Tinto has received the green signal to undertake mining activities in India, with the Orissa government granting a proposal for a fresh agreement on Thursday, April 7.
State-run Orissa Minerals Development Company (OMDC), a part of the Bird Group of Companies under the Indian government’s ministry of steel had been in discussions with the world’s biggest mining company, Rio Tinto, for a joint venture in the state for some time now.
