May 14, 2018 Materials buoy Aussie shares as BHP hits highest since August 2014, NZ at record BHP shares rose nearly 2 percent, hitting their highest in about 45 months.
May 14, 2018 China’s steelmaking raw materials extend gains on firm demand outlook The price of steelmaking raw materials in China rose for a second session on Monday on optimism that steel mills will replenish stockpiles as steel production increases and as iron…
May 10, 2018 Canada / U.S. big players announce world’s first carbon-free aluminum smelting process Alcoa and Rio Tinto announced the launching of Elysis, a joint venture company whose goal is to push towards commercial production a newly discovered, carbon-free aluminum smelting process.
May 7, 2018 Biggest miner says China’s shift to quality iron-ore will hold BHP forecasts reforms in China’s steel sector will continue to hand an advantage to suppliers of higher-quality iron ore and coking coal as consumption of the alloy keeps growing well…
May 6, 2018 China’s iron ore rises on renewed steel output; 2nd day of foreign trade Utilisation rate at mills climb back to November level.
May 3, 2018 China opens iron ore market to the world in pricing, image push China to allow foreign investors in iron ore futures from Friday.
May 3, 2018 Black Iron ranked by CRU as the lowest cost pellet feed iron ore development project CRU’s independent study shows that Black Iron’s projected operating and construction capital costs position the company well in the global iron ore market.
May 2, 2018 Rio Tinto to double number of autonomous drills at Pilbara mines Driverless trucks at the same iron ore operations already haul over a quarter of both ore and waste material.
April 30, 2018 What to watch in commodities: aluminum, shale, Ag giants, China Aluminum remains in focus almost a month after the U.S. introduced sanctions against United Co. Rusal, then eased off.
April 27, 2018 Chilean tribunal gives Dominga iron ore-copper project a second chance Antofagasta’s First Environmental Tribunal decided to reverse a decision that forbade the Dominga copper and iron ore project from going forward.
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
