December 21, 2022 Iron ore price rises as China property optimism lifts mood Evergrande Group has resumed work on some property projects, bringing relief to the market.
December 20, 2022 Column: Commodity forecasts are absurd, but China is key as Ukraine fades While 2022 has largely been a story of the necessity of fossil fuels, it's likely that the surging prices accelerate the drive to renewable energies.
December 19, 2022 Fortescue reveals green steel plans but warns task is enormous The world’s fourth-biggest iron ore miner has joined forces with Japan’s Mitsubishi and European steelmaker Voestalpine to develop zero-carbon iron using hydrogen at a plant in Austria.
December 19, 2022 Samarco expects iron ore pellet production to rise up to 11% in 2023 Samarco Mineracao expects to end 2022 with production of 8.1 million tonnes of iron ore pellets, up 5.2% on 2021.
December 19, 2022 Iron ore price retreats on surging China covid cases China is in the first of an expected three waves of covid cases this winter.
December 18, 2022 Autonomous mining vehicle developer gets $38m to fuel expansion plans SafeAI is a company that retrofits construction and mining vehicles with aftermarket hardware and proprietary autonomy software.
December 18, 2022 Australia revises up resources export earnings to $308bn for FY23 The country is set to see strong revenue growth from thermal coal exports used in power plants.
December 16, 2022 China’s new iron ore buyer sets off biggest shakeup in years A new state-owned company called China Mineral Resources Group is poised to become the world’s biggest iron ore buyer as soon as next year.
December 16, 2022 Nucor, Electra partner to produce carbon-free iron for steelmaking A new process to refine low-grade iron ores into high-purity iron results in zero carbon dioxide emissions.
December 15, 2022 Iron ore price hits six-month high as China plans more stimulus Chinese policymakers are aiming to boost the scale of consumption and investment, the official Xinhua news agency said.
How a reclusive ex-Glencore trader became Indonesia’s nickel king Arif Kurniawan has gone from earning paychecks at Glencore to controlling approximately a third of his country’s domestic trade in nickel ore. December 28, 2025 | 03:25 pm