A new iron ore mine that draws investments from both China and Australia has officially opened on Friday in Western Australia. It has an annual production capacity of 25 million tons of iron ore and ...

Iron ore sank for a fifth day on concerns about oversupply, as Beijing confirmed a substantial drop in steel output, the inaugural cargo from a major new mine in Africa arrived in China, and port ...

Guinea’s Simandou mine is one of the largest iron ore reserves in the world. Inaugurated at the end of last year it could, if properly run make a huge difference to the country's economy. Our ...

A version of this story first appeared on Minnesota Public Radio. Hundreds of people stood in a long line that snaked outside the offices of Mesabi Metallics in Nashwauk, Minnesota, last month, ...

Guinea’s government is assessing the potential impacts of a mining project in the Nimba Mountains, in a biodiversity hotspot that has been recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site while being ...

Africa's largest greenfield integrated mine and infrastructure project, the Simandou iron ore mine project, began operations on Tuesday. The Simandou iron ore mine project, with a total investment ...

The global commodities boom which has seen prices for copper, gold and silver reach all-time highs is feeding into basic raw materials such as iron ore, which is expected to price rather than fall, as ...

The Cat 793 XE Early Learner battery-electric haul trucks deliver all the performance of its diesel-powered siblings without the noise, vibrations, and harmful emissions – and now, they’re being put ...

Bailadila hills in Chhattisgarh is home to one of India’s last few clusters of the ancient tree fern Alsophila spinulosa. National steel expansion plans place new mining directly inside the fern’s ...

Australian mining giants BHP and Rio Tinto have welcomed two new battery-electric haul trucks at BHP’s Jimblebar iron ore mine in Western Australia’s Pilbara region. The two battery electric trucks ...

Underneath a ridge in the southern highlands of Guinea, a west African country of 14m people, lies one of the world’s biggest deposits of iron ore. Mining of the 3bn-tonne deposit, which would be ...