Buoyant iron-ore prices have paved the way for mining in Australia's southern Tasmanian state, where developer Venture Resources' project has come under pressure from conservationists over potential impact on a wilderness area.

Miners from Australia to Canada are expanding operations despite concerns from indigenous groups about damage to wildlife, water supplies and religious sites, rankling investors who are pressuring the industry to improve its environmental, social and governanc...

TSX-V- and Aim-listed Altus Strategies has completed a strategic review process, undertaken by independent consultants Mining Plus, on the company’s 97%-owned Bikoula iron project, in Cameroon.

The energy arm of iron-ore major Fortescue, Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) and a subsidiary of Prumo Logistica S.A, Porto do Açu Operações S.A. (Port of Açu), have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to assess the opportunity to develop hydrogen-base...

China's foreign trade soared by 32.2 percent on a yearly basis to 5.44 trillion yuan ($837.3 billion) in the first two months of the year.

Mining giant BHP has inked a two-year partnership agreement with Chinese automotive think tank, Automotive Data of China (ADC) to support its research on the future electrification of transport in China.

Benchmark Asian iron ore futures fell on Friday and were on track for their second-biggest weekly loss so far this year, as moves in China to restrict steel mills' highly-pollutive operations and reduce production capacity weighed on sentiment.

Tsingshan Holdings Group, the world’s top producer of nickel and stainless steel, will start construction on an iron ore mine and a carbon steel plant in Zimbabwe in May, according to a senior government official.