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Process flow challenges impact plant performance in the mining industry and typically arise when new or existing screens, crushers or feeders underperform as a result of inefficient material...
Zero Emissions Steel Technology, or Zesty, is being positioned as a pathway for using Pilbara iron-ore in lower-emissions steelmaking.
Commodity markets are set for a volatile year, with copper, precious metals and rare earths supported by supply tightness, geopolitical risks and currency dynamics, while ferrous metals face weaker...
ASX- and TSX-listed Champion Iron has completed a $100-million private placement of subscription receipts with Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec to help fund its proposed acquisition of...
Diversified miner Anglo American has reported a 14% quarter-on-quarter decrease in its copper production to 170 000 t in the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2025, and a 10% year-on-year decrease...
South African iron-ore miner Kumba Iron Ore increased its production for the 2025 financial year by 1% year-on-year to 36.1-million tonnes, while its sales increased by 2% year-on-year to...
Rio Tinto and Glencore are expected to announce an extension to merger talks ahead of a UK regulatory deadline on Thursday, to allow Rio more time to study the merits of any deal, three people...
Minerals explorer and developer Aurelia Metals has appointed Graeme Hunt as nonexecutive chairperson of its board, effective February 23. Hunt brings over four decades of leadership across the...
Battery metals company Patriot Resources has appointed mining engineer and finance professional Dominic Duggan as its new CEO. Duggan brings more than a decade of experience across iron-ore, gold...
China’s Baowu Resources, the world’s largest steelmaker, has tightened its grip on one of the biggest untapped high‑grade iron-ore deposits by taking control of the operator of Guinea's Simandou...
Integrated steel and mining company ArcelorMittal and the Liberian government have signed an amendment to their existing mineral development agreement (MDA), extending the duration of the agreement...
BHP Group could face up to $2-billion hit from pricing pressures after China restricted its Jimblebar iron-ore, as discounts widen and lump premiums collapse, according to Goldman Sachs Group. The...
Brazilian inspection teams found that Vale's Viga mine presented signs of erosion and ordered the iron-ore miner to shut its operation until further notice, Minas Gerais state government...
Diversified mining company Mineral Resources (MinRes) has upgraded its full-year lithium volume guidance after delivering a strong operational and financial performance across its divisions in the...
Australia's Iluka Resources said on Thursday it expects to recognise two exceptional items, including an impairment of its mineral sands business, putting its shares on course for their largest...
Major diversified mining companies are set to accelerate earnings upgrades this year, with current spot metal prices implying about 18% to 21% upside to one-year forward consensus earnings before...
Brazilian miner Vale's iron-ore production rose to 336.1-million metric tons in 2025, the company said on Tuesday, marking the first time since 2018 that its output surpassed that of rival Rio...
India is considering tightening mining auction rules to weed out developers that delay seeking clearances to mine on blocks they win at auctions, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters,...
Australia's Sundance Resources said on Monday that an arbitration panel had dismissed its challenge to what the mining company has called Congo's unlawful expropriation of subsidiary Congo Iron's...
Guinea's bauxite exports rose 25% in 2025 to 182.8-million metric tons, official data seen by Reuters showed, cementing its dominance in aluminium ore supply. A record 74% of shipments went to...
Global mining stocks have shot to the top of fund managers’ must-have list, as soaring metals demand and tight supplies of key minerals hint at a new supercycle in the sector. With a nearly 90%...
BHP Group has shipped iron-ore cargoes barred from sale in China to Malaysia and Vietnam, seeking alternative buyers as its stocks of Jimblebar pile up at Chinese ports amid a protracted contract...
China has received its first shipment of iron-ore from the Simandou mine.
Australian miner Fortescue has delivered record first-half iron-ore shipments of just over 100-million tonnes in the 2026 financial year, underpinned by strong operational performance, disciplined...
Vale’s base metals unit wants to eventually produce one-million tons of copper by developing existing assets, exceeding an output target for 2035. Major mining firms such as Anglo American and Rio...
Diversified miner Rio Tinto reported robust production results for 2025, highlighted by an 8% year-on-year increase in copper-equivalent output. The strong performance was driven by the company’s...
South Africa’s mining production decreased by 2.7% year-on-year in November, with the largest negative contributors having been coal, iron-ore, platinum group metals (PGMs) and gold. According to...
Mining major BHP has lifted its 2026 copper production guidance after delivering record operating performances across its copper and iron-ore assets in the half year ended December 31, capitalising...
Across the mining industry, a notable trend has emerged where original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) contractors and mine operators are...
China, the world's largest iron-ore consumer, has received its first shipment of iron-ore from the Simandou mine in Guinea in West Africa, in which Beijing has heavily invested to increase supply...
Iron-ore futures drifted lower on Friday as high prices and slim margins deterred buying in the biggest consumer China, with the Dalian iron-ore contract reporting a weekly decline for the first...
The Rhodes Ridge Joint Venture has approved a $191-million feasibility study to progress development of the first phase of the Rhodes Ridge project.
One of Australia's oldest and largest investors has added to the growing local chorus of concerns about Rio Tinto's potential acquisition of Glencore, questioning the proposed tie-up's merits and...
Weir says it has invested in training and skills development to establish local expertise and capacity in West Africa to meet increasing demands for efficiency, sustainability and technological...
Australia's two biggest miners Rio Tinto and BHP on Thursday announced that they were exploring a new collaboration in the Pilbara that could unlock up to 200-million tonnes of additional iron-ore,...
The Danish and Greenlandic foreign ministers will meet US Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday after President Donald Trump recently stepped up threats to take...
BHP Group’s bold bid to buy rival Anglo American in 2024 was supposed to set it up as the clear winner in a copper boom it had long predicted. Two years later, the copper market is indeed booming....
With West Africa’s mining industry evolving rapidly, Weir has built a solid footprint of local expertise, capability and capacity in the region - to serve customers’ increasing demand for...
Rio Tinto Group is open to retaining Glencore Plc’s massive coal business if merger talks between the two companies are successful, according to people familiar with the matter. The move would...
Dealmakers are set for another banner year in 2026 with a record number of deals in the pipeline, as CEOs seek out the safety of scale to weather mounting economic and geopolitical risks,...
Glencore and Rio Tinto, said late on Thursday they were in early buyout talks that could potentially create the world's largest mining company with a combined market value of nearly $207-billion....
Zanaga Iron Ore Company has completed a value enhancement initiative on the project.
Brazilian iron-ore exports grew 7.1% in 2025 compared to the previous year, reaching a record 416.4-million metric tons, data from the Ministry of Development, Industry, Trade and Services showed...
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