The blast furnace remains the cornerstone of high‐volume ironmaking, utilising complex thermal and chemical reactions to reduce iron oxides into molten iron. Contemporary operations place increasing ...
Iron ore has underperformed the wider metals complex as Chinese demand eases and supply remains ample. Still, analysts at ...
Iron ore describes any rock or mineral deposit that contains enough metallic iron to make extraction worthwhile. These rocks ...
Iron and its alloys, such as steel and cast iron, dominate the modern world, and there's growing demand for iron-derived products. Traditionally, blast furnaces transform iron ore into purified ...
That dynamic helped absorb higher imports. China’s iron ore arrivals rose 2% in 2025, yet port inventories only built late in ...
Propping up operations at Scunthorpe site, still legally owned by Jingye, now costs over £1.2m a day – so what are the options?
Today, iron ore futures fluctuated in the doldrums, with the most-traded contract I2605 closing at 762.5 yuan/mt, down slightly by 0.07% from the previous trading day. Spot prices rose slightly by ...
LONDON (Reuters) - The price of iron ore is set to drift lower in coming months as the coronavirus pandemic eats away at demand, moderating its outperformance against other industrial commodities this ...
Production of iron ore concentrate by Iran’s major mining companies rose nine percent in the first nine months of the current Iranian year (ending December 21, 2025), while lump iron ore output surged ...