Iron ore
BHP and Hatch partner to design Australian electric smelting plant
BHP has teamed up with global engineering firm Hatch to design an electric smelting furnace (ESF) pilot plant in Australia.…
Guinea and Rio Tinto resume infrastructure work at Simandou iron mine
The Guinean Government and Rio Tinto and its partners have resumed work on infrastructure to restart the Simandou iron ore…
BHP faces $44bn claim for 2015 Brazil dam collapse
Anglo-Australian mining giant BHP could be hit with a £36bn ($43.32bn) compensation claim in the UK, pertaining to the 2015…
Fortescue Metals begins retrenchment of over 100 staff
Australian iron ore company Fortescue Metals Group has started cutting workers to maintain cost position, reported Reuters citing a person…
Rio Tinto partners with CIM to advance Canada’s mining innovation
Mining giant Rio Tinto and the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM) have teamed up to strengthen technical…
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BHP to trial renewable fuel at Yandi iron ore operations in Australia
BHP is set to trial the use of renewable fuel at its Yandi iron ore operations in Western Australia to…
Europe’s first commercial green steel plant to open in Sweden
H2 Green Steel has started production at Europe’s first green steel plant in Boden, northern Sweden. Using hydrogen to replace…
BHP first-half profit tumbles on reduced commodity prices
Diversified mining firm BHP has registered a 32% slump in underlying attributable profit for the half-year ended 31 December 2022,…
Tivan Resources to acquire Speewah project from King River
Mineral processing technology company Tivan Resources has signed a A$20m ($13.7m) deal to acquire the Speewah vanadium/titanium/iron project located 100km…
Vale profit slips in Q4 2022 on iron ore price rout
Brazilian mining firm Vale has posted a 30.4% slump in its Q4 2022 net profit, as a result of reduced…