March 14, 2021

Top Chinese steelmaking city to punish firms that stray from anti-pollution plan

Firms in the city's heavy industry have been told to limit or halt production during heavily polluted days.

March 13, 2021

Congo Republic signs deal on revoked iron ore licenses with Sangha Mining

Sangha Mining said it will invest $10 billion to develop the projects.

March 12, 2021

Iron ore price dives on China pollution crackdown

China's Ministry of Ecology and Environment has urged the country's top steelmaking city – Tangshan – to crack down on violators of air quality rules.

March 12, 2021

Vale begins increasing iron ore output at Timbopea site

Iron ore production capacity at the site should return to 12 million tonnes a year once the commissioning period is over.

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.