April 27, 2023 NASA’s mineral mapping instrument goes into retirement NASA’s Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars produced maps that make it easy to tie mineral deposits observed in high-resolution images to regional scale trends.
April 26, 2023 Vale’s profit slumps well below forecasts First quarter net profit down 59% from a year earlier.
April 26, 2023 Iron ore price mixed as steel group urges producers to cut output The China Iron and Steel Association has urged producers to cut output to help ensure a stable cash flow.
April 25, 2023 Anglo American’s copper output up 28% in first quarter Production hit 178,100 tonnes of copper in Q1 mainly due to the ramp-up of its newly opened Quellaveco copper mine in Peru.
April 24, 2023 Iron ore price extends decline as China demand slumps Price hit the lowest since November as weak steel demand prompted a production slowdown.
April 22, 2023 Germany fights to green production of most important commodity Steel is the most important material for Germany’s manufacturing sector, going into everything from Volkswagen automobiles to the advanced machinery made by Siemens.
April 21, 2023 Iron ore price at 4-month low on subdued demand, rising inventories Benchmark 62% Fe fines imported into Northern China fell 5.73%, to $110.41 per tonne.
April 20, 2023 BHP upbeat on China demand; quarterly iron ore output ticks lower The miner reiterated its annual forecast of 278 to 290 Mt for Western Australian iron ore output.
April 20, 2023 Tailings dams affect diversity of upstream fish species – study Brazilian researchers found that streams flowing into tailings storage dams had fewer catfish species.
April 19, 2023 Rio Tinto reports record Q1 Pilbara iron ore shipments, sees inflation risk The world's biggest iron ore producer shipped 82.5Mt of the steel-making ingredient from its Pilbara operations.
Copper price nears $13,000 on tariffs woes, supply strain Mine outages, tariff risks and tight supply push copper toward a milestone despite weakening Chinese demand. December 29, 2025 | 05:51 am
