October 9, 2023

Rio Tinto expects slightly higher Pilbara iron ore shipment in 2024

Its Pilbara shipments guidance is unchanged for 2023 and remains in the upper half of the 320 million to 335 million ton range.

October 8, 2023

Stone Age Ethiopians knew how to source their iron-rich rocks

Middle Stone Age Ethiopians progressively replaced exotic iron-rich high-quality rocks with lower quality, poorer in iron, but locally available ones. Researchers now have clues as to why this happened.

October 6, 2023

China’s giant iron ore buyer starts supply talks with top miners

The group is seeking preferential terms on transport, grades and delivery arrangements.

October 5, 2023

Anglo CEO says miners must make “tough decisions” to remain profitable

Duncan Wanblad said on Thursday mining companies have to confront tough decisions such as cutting costs as weak metal prices hit earnings.

October 4, 2023

Spotlight still on Vedanta $3 billion debt despite spinoff plan

While equity investors gave the demerger plan a thumbs up, Vedanta’s dollar bonds have tumbled.

October 4, 2023

Heads to roll at Anglo American head offices

The mining giant has begun at Kumba Iron Ore, where 181 workers got notices and 141 jobs are expected to be cut.

October 3, 2023

‘Evenly balanced’ risks means lower commodity prices, but robust volumes

The overall message from the Australian government's commodity outlook is that evenly balanced risks translates into still robust volumes, but at lower prices.

October 3, 2023

Rio’s latest rock shelter damage highlights need for Aboriginal voice, advocates say

Rio Tinto, which did not make a public statement for seven weeks, said it was sorry for the incident.

October 1, 2023

Big Oil, heavy industry discuss emission curbs ahead of COP28

The gathering brought together CEOs from more than 50 companies from the oil and gas sector and the aluminum, steel and cement industries.

September 30, 2023

Venezuela, Jindal Steel to sign deal on iron ore mill

Venezuela’s government and Jindal Steel have signed an agreement for the Indian company to run the country’s largest iron-ore-producing plant.