Iron ore

Anglo American and H2 Green Steel collaborate on green steelmaking

Mining company Anglo American and H2 Green Steel have teamed up to advance in the area of low-carbon steelmaking. The alliance…

BHP and China’s HBIS to trial carbon capture technologies

Global miner BHP Group has signed an agreement with Chinese steel company HBIS Group to trial carbon capture, utilisation and…

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…

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,…