Vale to turn Amazon mining waste into high-grade iron ore
The company has started extracting scrap that had been dumped at a tailings dam at Carajas in northern Brazil since 1985.
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Central bank gold demand in 2023 picked up from where it left off in 2022.
Nippon Steel could buy more stakes in coking coal and iron ore mines
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CATL sells $405 million stake in Pilbara Minerals
CATL bought its 4.9% holding in the depths of the 2019 lithium downturn.
Copper price falls ahead of China’s annual parliament meeting
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Lithium Americas kicks off construction at Thacker Pass
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Column: India cheers the return of ‘King Coal’ as industry sees buoyant future
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