January 8, 2025 Fortescue partners with China Baowu to tackle steel industry decarbonization Fortescue also aims to make all its iron ore products green by 2030.
January 7, 2025 Nippon Steel’s thwarted bid sets up tougher rivalry with Chinese mills Creating an entity to compete more effectively with China was touted as a key rationale behind the Japanese firm’s proposal to purchase US Steel.
January 7, 2025 Vale at lowest market value since 2016 – Citi Vale's shares in Brazil fell by more than 23% in 2024.
January 7, 2025 Blinken visits Japan as Nippon Steel decision weighs on relations Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba described Biden's decision to block the sale of US Steel to Nippon Steel as "perplexing".
January 7, 2025 Vale, GreenIron to explore decarbonization projects in Brazil, Sweden The partnership includes studies on the feasibility of a direct reduction plant to be operated by GreenIron in Brazil.
January 6, 2025 India steel ministry proposes KIOCL, NMDC merger Mining company NMDC aims to export iron ore pellets from KIOCL post the merger.
January 6, 2025 Trudeau to resign ahead of vote this year likely to elect conservative Poilievre Poilievre, the Conservative Party leader, has criticized current permitting delays in the Canadian minerals sector, which can range from five to 25 years.
January 6, 2025 Iron ore price drops to over one-month low on weaker China metal output Output at Chinese blast-furnace steel producers has continued to decline steadily.
January 6, 2025 Trump says tariff policy won’t be pared back The Washington Post reported that Trump aides were considering tariffs targeting critical sectors such as iron, copper, batteries, and rare earths.
January 6, 2025 US Steel, Nippon sue Biden administration over decision to block merger Biden blocked proposed deal on national security grounds.
Bessent says Australia, India invited to G7 meeting on critical minerals Bessent said he had been pressing for a separate meeting on the issue since last summer's summit of G7 leaders. January 09, 2026 | 04:30 pm
Rio-Glencore deal closer than ever with premium and CEO in focus Glencore boss Gary Nagle has called it the most obvious deal in mining. January 09, 2026 | 03:39 pm
Japan seeks support as fears rise over China’s rare earth grip The impact of China’s latest move is still unclear, but existing export controls have already lengthened the time required to procure rare earth magnets. January 09, 2026 | 03:16 pm