Iron and its alloys, such as steel and cast iron, dominate the modern world, and there's growing demand for iron-derived products. Traditionally, blast furnaces transform iron ore into purified ...

Steel is the backbone of modern civilization—used in everything from buildings and bridges to cars and appliances. On the other hand, steelmaking is one of the world’s largest sources of carbon ...

Japan's Mitsui and Australia's Rio Tinto have started a feasibility study into a new iron ore mine which will compete with the Chinese controlled Simandou mine.

For more than fifteen years, traditional communities in Serro, Minas Gerais, have resisted the entry of iron ore mining on their territories. Serro is located in a region where several major rivers ...

China's state iron ore buyer is using increasingly hardball tactics against mining giants such as BHP to tighten its grip on ...

It’s the shape and porosity, not the size, of metal oxide particles that matter for efficiency in electrochemical ironmaking. Iron and its alloys, such as steel and cast iron, dominate the modern ...