April 8, 2022

Market value of top 50 mining companies surge $335 billion during Q1 2022

Extreme volatility on metal and mining markets continued into 2022 amid historically low stockpiles of metal on global exchanges, but for most […]

April 8, 2022

Rio says climate change “at heart of strategy” after investors demand action

Chief Executive Jakob Stausholm said the company had committed to increasing research spending to develop technologies enabling its customers to decarbonize.

April 8, 2022

Rio Tinto’s board backs Simandou iron ore mine in Guinea

Getting Simandou under development would be a second major win for Chief Executive Officer Jakob Stausholm.

April 7, 2022

Brothers behind Brazil’s $18 billion meat empire are getting into mining

J&F Investimentos SA, owned by the Batista family, emerged as the surprise buyer of some of Vale SA’s operations in Brazil.

April 6, 2022

Vale to build $345 million ‘green’ pig iron plant in Brazil

The plant will use technology that reduces the carbon footprint of traditional steelmaking production processes.

April 6, 2022

Black Iron won’t publish Shymanivske feasibility until there is peace in Ukraine

Black Iron's Shymanivske iron project feasibility study is in limbo since no site visit is possible.

April 6, 2022

China iron ore price surges to highest since August on improving consumption

With expectations that China will stabilise its economy and stimulate the real estate sector, iron ore demand is seen to be rising, analysts with Huatai Futures wrote in a note.

April 6, 2022

Fortescue makes foray into green-bond market

Proceeds from the iron ore giant's debut sale of green bonds will be used to finance or refinance new or existing eligible green projects.

April 6, 2022

Vale agrees to sell manganese, iron ore assets to J&F

The assets, worth about $1.2 billion, include Mineracao Corumbaense, Mineracao Mato Grosso, International Iron Company and Transbarge Navegacion ventures.

April 3, 2022

Australia sees global uncertainty driving resource export earnings to record

Resource export earnings are forecast to climb 33% in the 2021–22 financial year from a record A$320 billion the previous year.