June 1, 2023 Rio Tinto to invest $395 million in Pilbara desalination plant Construction is expected to start in 2024 and the facility will be operational and producing water in 2026.
June 1, 2023 Key railway serving South African iron ore exporters reopens The line is used to haul iron ore and manganese from Kumba Iron Ore Ltd.’s giant Sishen mine and other operations to the port of Saldanha.
June 1, 2023 Samarco reaches deal with certain creditors over debt restructuring framework Vale said Samarco should emerge from the recovery process with a "lean capital structure".
June 1, 2023 BHP owes underpaid Australian workers $280 million The company said it had incorrectly deducted leave on public holidays since 2010 for an average of six leave days in total per person.
June 1, 2023 Google leads funding round for Indian space startup Pixxel Pixxel, founded in 2019, is building a constellation of satellites that have the ability to identify mineral deposits or the productivity of crops by analysing the spectral signature of an…
May 31, 2023 US-China green energy rivalry ‘great for world,’ Forrest says Iron ore magnate Andrew Forrest says it is healthy to challenge China’s dominance of sectors like renewable energy, EVs and battery metal processing.
May 29, 2023 It’s not a good time to be a steel mill or coal mine in China China’s raw materials producers are at the forefront of falling industrial profits.
May 26, 2023 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.
May 26, 2023 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.
May 25, 2023 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.
China pledges to control steel output during 2026-2030 period In the first 11 months of 2025, China's crude steel output fell 4% from a year earlier. December 27, 2025 | 08:20 am
