June 23, 2020 Fortescue Metals hits automation milestone The iron ore major has converted its 100th truck into an autonomous one at its Western Australia operations.
June 22, 2020 ArcelorMittal considers sale of Canadian assets Assets the world’s biggest steelmaker may put on the chopping block include a 420km-long railway servicing the Mont-Wright iron ore mine in Quebec.
June 18, 2020 Australia begins probe into Rio’s destruction of Aboriginal site Australia's Senate agreed to begin the national inquiry into how the destruction occurred.
June 17, 2020 Vale can reopen Itabira after coronavirus measures The Itabira complex produced almost 36 million tonnes of iron ore in 2019.
June 16, 2020 Australia pension giant pressing Rio over heritage site blasts Investors have held meetings with Rio's chairman and executives.
June 16, 2020 Fortescue Metals targets zero emissions by 2040 The world’s fourth largest iron ore producer expects to be carbon-neutral about 10 years earlier than its rivals.
June 15, 2020 Gold and iron ore are doing equally well. Their miners are not Shares in Rio Tinto are down 4.8% so far this year. Stock in BHP is down 9.6%.
June 15, 2020 Watch 400,000-tonne ore carrier sink to the bottom of the ocean Video: Salvors scuttle 362-metre-long and 65 metre wide iron ore carrier, just four years after its construction.
June 15, 2020 Rio’s demolition of sacred site doesn’t match its image Blasting of Juukan Gorge caves has been likened to the destruction of Palmyra by the Islamic State.
June 14, 2020 Iron-storing bacteria may be used to mine gold, copper Researchers at UC are working with bacteria whose ability to concentrate different metals could be used to access valuable elements or to clear toxic metals from polluted water.
Copper poised for best year since 2009 after December surge All six base metals on the LME are headed for annual gains in a year that’s seen an array of supply-side pressures. December 24, 2025 | 10:11 am
