In March this year, iron ore shipments from Australia's Port Hedland increased by 36.7 percent month on month and by 1.1 percent year on year, totaling 50,661,046 mt.

Recent data on April 11 showed a significant increase in the weekly total port arrivals of bauxite at domestic ports, reaching 5.7141 million tonnes, up by 2.5903 million tonnes compared to the previous week.

One of the world's largest iron-ore producers, Vale said heavy rainfall impacted production in its Brazilian Northern mining complex.

Goldman Sachs has reduced its forecast for aluminium prices this year after its economists downgraded global growth forecasts including for the US and China following the Trump administration's move to sharply increase tariffs.

In a landmark development for the metals sector, Brazilian Rare Earth (BRE) and Rio Tinto have signed a revised agreement to advance the Amargosa bauxite?gallium project in Bahia, Brazil.

Iron-ore junior Fenix Resources is charging toward a transformative year, buoyed by record quarterly shipments and the rapid development of its third mine, Beebyn-W11.

China Intent on Remaining the Global Aluminum Market Leader

ASX-listed CZR Resources has received a binding A$75-million cash offer from the Robe River Joint Venture (RRJV) participants to acquire its interest in the Robe Mesa iron-ore project, in Western Australia’s West Pilbara region.