[Ferro-Alloys.com] AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Tata Steel factory workers went on strike for the second time in three days on Sunday to protest planned job cuts in the Netherlands, delaying a shipment to Britain, labour union FNV said.

[Ferro-Alloys.com] LAUNCESTON, Australia, June 29 (Reuters) - Iron ore and gold may seem unlikely bed fellows, but in the current coronavirus pandemic they are combining to try and hold up Australia's reputation as the "lucky country".

[Ferro-Alloys.com]ASX-listed OM Holdings has inked a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MoU) with fellow-listed Element 25 over the supply of manganese concentrate from the proposed Butcherbird manganese project, in Western Australia.

[Ferro-Alloys.com] Bold action is needed by South Africa Inc to take ownership of the significant potential share of the global battery metals market open to it, says Bushveld Minerals CEO Fortune Mojapelo.

[Ferro-Alloys.com] Rio Tinto (ASX, LON, NYSE: RIO) has approved a $98-million investment to build a solar plant, Western Australia’s first, which will power the company’s new Koodaideri iron ore mine, in the resource-rich Pilbara region.

ferro-alloys.com:Due to agitation of virus, China’s iron ore fell 15%

ferro-alloys.com:Shipments of iron ore by Brazil & Australia totaled 20.5mt

Xi called on the two countries to open their markets to each other and explore ways to build long-term, stable and direct supply channels for agricultural products, iron ore and crude oil.