Iron Ore Top Stories

How Canada’s biggest iron project is almost unknown

In the remote wilderness of northern Quebec sits the largest iron ore project you’ve never heard of – MetalQuest Mining’s (TSX: MQM; US-OTC: MQMIF) Lac Otelnuk. Hosting 4.9 billion […]

Blair McBride | March 6, 2026 | 8:35 am

Decarbonization out of sync with diesel dependence

In Canada’s Far North, where the effects of climate change…

Andrew Seale | July 11, 2025 | 1:00 pm

Joint Venture Article: As mining faces rising cyberattacks, strengthen your defences with free training

The mining sector has become a significant target for cyberattacks.…

Northern Miner Staff | April 14, 2025 | 3:00 am

Deep sea mining puts $560 billion in land extraction at risk — report

Deep sea mining is expected to negatively affect countries that…

MINING.COM Editor | November 14, 2024 | 1:00 am

How resource ‘classification debt’ chips away at miners’ growth and investor trust

Over the past decade, resource misclassification has saddled the mining…

Henry Lazenby | October 18, 2024 | 2:00 pm

Deep mines in Sweden considered microbial graveyards

Igneous rocks have been hosting microbial life for millennia, a new paper published in the journal Communications Earth & Environment reveals. In […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 8, 2021 | 6:06 am

Deep freezing iron-based materials expected to be part of superconducting devices of the future

An international team of researchers discovered that iron-based superconductor RbEuFe4As4, which is superconducting below -236°C, exhibits both superconductivity and magnetism below -258°C. […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 4, 2021 | 6:11 am

Cost of Fortescue’s Iron Bridge project shoots up once again

Fortescue Metals Group (ASX: FMG), the world’s fourth-largest iron ore producer, raised the cost estimate for its Iron Bridge magnetite project to […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 27, 2021 | 8:07 pm

BHP announces first production from South Flank

Even though the announcement was expected in a few days, BHP (ASX, LON, NYSE: BHP) today reported the delivery of the first […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 19, 2021 | 6:59 pm

BHP, Vale, Rio launch challenge to encourage haul truck electrification

Three resource giants, BHP (ASX, LON, NYSE: BHP), Rio Tinto (ASX, LON, NYSE: RIO), and Vale (NYSE: VALE), launched today the Charge […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 12, 2021 | 7:22 pm

Rio Tinto shareholders reject former CEO’s exit package

A majority of Rio Tinto’s (ASX, LON, NYSE: RIO) shareholders opposed on Thursday the exit package handed to former chief executive Jean-Sébastien Jacques, […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 6, 2021 | 3:49 am

Soaring iron ore prices boost Vale Q1 profit

Brazil’s Vale (NYSE: VALE), the world’s top iron ore producer, has beat first quarter profit estimates, as prices for the steel-making ingredient […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 27, 2021 | 5:56 am

Vale production disappoints again, adding fuel to iron ore price rally

Vale’s iron ore output totaled 68.0 million tonnes in 1Q21, 14.2% higher than in 1Q20, but down 5.5% compared to 72 million […]

Bruno Venditti | April 19, 2021 | 5:32 pm

Scientists provide new insight to move the hydrogen mobility needle a notch

New research by the Argonne National Laboratory looks at the role of perovskite oxides that contain lanthanum or strontium, and cobalt combined with oxygen.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 13, 2021 | 6:11 am

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How Canada’s biggest iron project is almost unknown

Decarbonization out of sync with diesel dependence

Joint Venture Article: As mining faces rising cyberattacks, strengthen your defences with free training

Deep sea mining puts $560 billion in land extraction at risk — report

How resource ‘classification debt’ chips away at miners’ growth and investor trust

Deep mines in Sweden considered microbial graveyards

Deep freezing iron-based materials expected to be part of superconducting devices of the future

Cost of Fortescue’s Iron Bridge project shoots up once again

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