March 11, 2021

Russel: Iron ore demand recovering outside China, but will it be enough?

The price of spot iron ore for delivery to north China has fallen in recent sessions as the market struggles to work through a competing series of both bullish and…

March 11, 2021

Vale approves list of board candidates

Shareholders will vote on the new board in an assembly on April 30.

March 11, 2021

BHP says acquisitions unlikely near-term given high commodity prices

The company will focus on exploration and wringing more value out of existing assets

March 10, 2021

Zimbabwe says China’s Tsingshan to build iron ore mine, steel plant from May

Tsingshan signed a $1 billion outline agreement with Zimbabwe in June 2018 to build a 2 million tonne-per-annum steel plant.

March 10, 2021

Aboriginal group to rate Australian miners on performance

Fortescue and Rio Tinto who are the biggest miners on Eastern Guruma land, both welcomed the initiative.

March 9, 2021

Russel: China’s lacklustre commodity imports throw spanner in new super-cycle works

Overall, the picture that emerges from the commodity import data is that China is at best ticking along.

March 9, 2021

Shareholders ask Rio Tinto to disclose climate targets, review lobby associations

They want Rio disclose short, medium and long-term targets for direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions and chalk out its performance against those targets.

March 8, 2021

Friedland-backed HPX to fast-track Guinea iron ore project

High Power Exploration (HPX) raised $200 million for its proposed Nimba iron ore mine in southeastern Guinea.

March 8, 2021

IGF proposes policy actions to support women in mining

The Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development says most mining laws and regulations don’t acknowledge women as active participants in the sector.

March 7, 2021

Anti-dumping investigation could lead to higher costs for European steelmakers – report

Europe-based graphite electrode producers lodged a complaint before the EC alleging that imports of certain Chinese products were being dumped.