Forrest launches battery-powered trains as green deadline nears
By Alistair Bates
After years of delays, the Pilbara's largest carbon emitters are testing greener ways to haul iron ore, and Andrew Forrest has now joined their ranks.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-15/fortescue-battery-electric-locomotives-pilbara/106022632
#MiningandMetalsIndustry #IronOre #Decarbonisation #AlistairBates
Mass layoffs cast shadow over Guinea’s Simandou mega-mine as output begins http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TPtpKy #Simandou #Guinea #Mining #IronOre #ResourceWealth
The Baltic Dry Index surged 37% in a month to a two-year high, driven by strong Chinese iron ore demand and shipping supply constraints, signaling robust global trade activity.
#YonhapInfomax #BalticDryIndex #China #IronOre #ShippingRates #KoreaOceanBusinessCorporation #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
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Iron ore royalties set to drop by billions but confidence remains
By Kelsey Reid
Western Australia has long prospered off its hefty irone ore mining royalties, but new figures reveal that revenue may drop by billions.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-28/wa-iron-ore-royalties-forecast-down/106077818
Simandou iron ore: Guinea’s mega project set to transform global mining [Business Africa] http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TPVFMV #Simandou #IronOre #Guinea #Mining #GlobalMining
Rio Tinto shelves $215m green steel project after decade of development
By Alistair Bates
Mining giant Rio Tinto scraps a $215 million research centre and green steel project touted last year as a key staging ground for the world's net zero transition.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-17/rio-tinto-scraps-wa-green-steel-bioiron-product/106019692
#MiningandMetalsIndustry #GovernmentandPolitics #Decarbonisation #IronOre #MiningEnvironmentalIssues #AlistairBates
At Twiggy Forrest's wind farm, 'growing pains' of the renewable transition are laid bare
By Nathan Morris
At a wind farm in central Queensland, the billionaire backer and the local boilermaker offer a glimpse into how the energy transition is reshaping regional communities.
#RenewableEnergy #RegionalCommunities #WindEnergy #EnergyIndustry #HydrogenFuel #MiningandMetalsIndustry #IronOre #EnergyPolicy #Coal #NathanMorris
Why Australia’s iron clad future is under threat
When it comes to minerals, none are more critical for Australia than iron ore. While the rush for…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #AU #Australia #Chinalco #ironore #ironorechina #simandou #simandoumineguinea #Steel #WorldBank'sInternationalFinanceCorporation
https://www.newsbeep.com/242227/
China succeeds in a decades-long quest to crimp Australian power
By Ian Verrender
For decades, China has resented being held hostage over the iron ore price by its own insatiable demand and a handful of Australian producers.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-11/why-australias-iron-clad-future-is-under-threat/105992602
The start up at Simandou threatens to further tilt the power dynamics in a market already facing uncertainty as its top buyer, China, is pushing for greater influence over the world’s most-traded commodity after oil. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/04/markets/china-africa-mine-iron-ore-market/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #china #iron #metals #ironore #mining #africa #riotinto
Hundreds of WA workers at BHP mine on the chopping block – The West Australian
Hundreds of WA workers at BHP mine on the chopping block The West AustralianJob cuts inevitable as BHP scales…
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https://www.newsbeep.com/213736/
Job cuts inevitable as BHP scales back Pilbara iron ore mine
By Charlie McLean and Jacqueline Lynch
A mining giant says its long-running Yandi iron ore mine in the Pilbara will be significantly scaled back next year.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-28/job-losses-imminent-bhp-yandi-mine/105944514
#IronOre #BauxiteAluminaandAluminium #RuralandRemoteCommunities #CharlieMcLean #JacquelineLynch
What the iron ore dispute says about Australia's present and future
By Stephen Dziedzic and Yiying Li
The resolution of negotiations between Australian mining giant BHP and China's state-backed iron ore buyer China Mineral Resources Group could reshape not just the resources industry, but also international trade flows, global markets, and the relationship between China and the West.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-17/what-bhp-china-iron-ore-dispute-means-to-australia/105901692
#IronOre #MiningandMetalsIndustry #Trade #StephenDziedzic #YiyingLi
Tasmania accuses GFG of failing to meet loan conditions over ore supply
By Adam Holmes
Australia's only manganese smelter is at the centre of a dispute, after failing to restart a troubled smelter in Tasmania's north despite being given a $20 million loan from the Tasmanian government.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-11/gfg-accused-of-failing-to-meet-loan-conditions/105879418
#StateandTerritoryGovernment #MiningandMetalsIndustry #IronOre #Industry #AdamHolmes
WA enters golden era for mining jobs as investment booms
By Georgia Hargreaves and Kimberley Putland
The gold-mining sector is set to boost WA's economy, with 2,400 new jobs forecast over the next five years compared to 1,200 in iron ore.
#MiningandMetalsIndustry #Gold #IronOre #RegionalDevelopmentandPlanning #GeorgiaHargreaves #KimberleyPutland
Over two billion tonnes of iron ore have been mined from the Labrador Trough of Quebec and Labrador over the last 70 years. The paleo-Proterozoic sediments have been variably metamorphosed (you can see the bend in the southern part of the belt caused by the younger Grenville orogeny). Much of the direct shipping ore is dominated by the mineral #Hematite.
The steel of your lunchtime knife and fork may have come from the Trough!
Clive Palmer ordered to pay more than $13 million after foreign investor claim dismissed
Mining billionaire Clive Palmer has been ordered to pay more than $13 million after an international tribunal dismissed…
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https://www.newsbeep.com/149015/
Massive #hematite later brecciated by quartz veining, From the Soudan ironstone, Ely greenstone belt, Vermilion district of northern Minnesota.
These ironstones are sandwiched between pillow basalts of approximately 2.7 billion years old.
HMM Co. has signed a 430 billion won ($324 million) long-term shipping contract with Brazil’s Vale S.A., expanding its partnership and securing stable revenue through iron ore transport over the next decade.
#YonhapInfomax #HMM #Vale #LongTermContract #IronOre #BulkCarrierFleet #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=81456
Winter storms cause 'unprecedented' and costly delays at WA port
By Joanna Prendergast
Weather conditions at Geraldton's port cause record shipping delays, leading to cost increases and challenges for farmers, exporters and miners.
#MarineTransportIndustry #IronOre #WeatherPhenomena #WheatGrowing #GrainGrowing #JoannaPrendergast
