October 23, 2024 Fortescue posts 4% rise in first-quarter iron ore shipments The Perth-based miner also reaffirmed its iron ore shipments guidance for fiscal 2025.
October 23, 2024 Brazil to sign compensation deal with miners over 2015 dam disaster on Friday The agreement will be signed in a ceremony attended by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
October 23, 2024 BHP says claim it put profit over safety ‘unjustified’ in Brazilian dam collapse case More than 600,000 Brazilians are suing BHP over the 2015 collapse of the Mariana dam.
October 22, 2024 Column: Electric vehicles prove a bumpy ride for battery metals Explosive price rallies in 2021 and 2022 resulted in too much new production capacity being brought online too quickly.
October 22, 2024 Dam disaster deal should curb lawsuits against Vale and BHP, sources say The agreement could be signed this week, nearly nine years after the 2015 disaster in the city of Mariana.
October 22, 2024 Column: China iron ore imports head for record even as steel output slips China is likely to import as much as 120 million tonnes this month.
October 22, 2024 Iron ore price retreats as mounting concerns on weakening steel demand weigh It fell below the key psychological level of $100 a ton to hit an intraday low at $99.8 earlier in the session.
October 21, 2024 China’s steel demand has shrunk to less than half global total China will account for less than half of global steel consumption in 2024 for the first time in six years, according to the World Steel Association.
October 21, 2024 Metals drop on higher dollar; traders weigh China lending help The reductions in two key rates were larger than economists had expected.
October 21, 2024 Liability trial for BHP in Samarco dam collapse begins in London BHP faces a potential $47 billion payout in damages over the 2015 Mariana dam disaster, as a 12-week trial kicks off.
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