The blast furnace remains the cornerstone of high‐volume ironmaking, utilising complex thermal and chemical reactions to reduce iron oxides into molten iron. Contemporary operations place increasing ...

WABUSH, Canada--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Government of Canada awarded C$18.1 million from its Low Carbon Economy Fund to Rio Tinto’s Iron Ore Company of Canada (IOC) to support the decarbonization of ...

The Natural Resource Defense Council, Inc. and Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy (collectively, “NRDC”) filed a February 2nd Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief (“Complaint”) ...

Disruption to the Strait of Hormuz has tightened global vessel supply, lifting freight and energy costs across the iron ore ...

The metallurgical processing of iron ore pellets is a critical element of modern steel production, serving as an essential intermediary between raw iron-bearing materials and the final steel product.

The rule is expected to cut about 33 percent of the neurotoxin each year, thereby reducing deposits on Midwest lands and waters. EPA has finalized the nation’s first-ever limits on emissions of ...

Brazilian miner Vale has reported an increase in iron ore production to 83.6 million tonnes (mt) in the second quarter of 2025 (Q2 2025), a 4% year-on-year (YoY) rise. This growth was primarily ...

The process of ironmaking has relied for centuries on iron ore, an impure form of iron oxide, slowly being reduced to iron by carbon monoxide in a furnace. Whether that furnace is the charcoal fire of ...

Beijing’s drawn-out battle to control prices and a property market slowdown has seen the commodity pile high at ports, strengthening its hand against miners.

ACCRA, Ghana — Ghana aims to process its iron ore locally by 2027 for steel production to boost economic growth, a government document seen by Semafor Africa shows. It is part of a continent-wide push ...

Supply-Demand Pattern Shift Puts Iron Ore Prices on a Downtrend. In 2021, driven by inflation expectations from global quantitative easing, frequent supply-side disruptions in ...