The process of ironmaking has relied for centuries on iron ore, an impure form of iron oxide, slowly being reduced to iron by carbon monoxide in a furnace. Whether that furnace is the charcoal fire of ...

ACCRA, Ghana — Ghana aims to process its iron ore locally by 2027 for steel production to boost economic growth, a government document seen by Semafor Africa shows. It is part of a continent-wide push ...

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hertha Metals today announced it has validated a significant technology breakthrough in modern steelmaking: a single-step process that is cheaper, more energy efficient, and ...

Brazilian mining company Vale has announced plans to stop using water in iron ore processing at its Carajas complex in northern Brazil by 2027, according to a report by Reuters. This initiative is ...

Aug 29 (Reuters) - South Africa's Kumba Iron Ore (KIOJ.J), opens new tab will invest an additional 7.6 billion rand ($428 million) in processing technology that will treble premium quality production ...

WABUSH, Canada--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Government of Canada awarded C$18.1 million from its Low Carbon Economy Fund to Rio Tinto’s Iron Ore Company of Canada (IOC) to support the decarbonization of ...

NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESS Newswire / April 16, 2026 / The Carajás Mining Complex is Brazil's largest mine and the world's largest source of iron ore. Mine operator Vale is converting Carajás Plant 1 to ...

Making steel was responsible for about 7% of global greenhouse gas emissions in 2020. That’s because steelmakers in countries like China, Japan and South Korea have long relied on fossil fuels like ...

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Kenya is shifting from extracting and exporting raw minerals to local processing, value addition and integrated industrial ...