Australia makes £4.5 trillion find that could change entire world’s economy

Australia has become £4.5 trillion richer overnight after discovering the world's largest iron deposit. One of the most ...
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Operations begin at Guinea's Simandou, world's biggest iron ore mining project

Iron ore production was officially launched Tuesday from Guinea's $23 billion Simandou mining project, the site of the world’s largest iron ore reserve, which authorities hope will propel the African ...
MLive

Iron mine owner eyes Michigan for rare-earth mineral extraction

CLEVELAND, OH — U.S. steelmaker Cleveland-Cliffs plans to explore sites in Michigan and Minnesota for domestic rare-earth metals. The company, which owns several Minnesota taconite facilities and two ...
The Economist

A giant iron-ore mine could bring Guinea riches or ruin

Underneath a ridge in the southern highlands of Guinea, a west African country of 14m people, lies one of the world’s biggest deposits of iron ore. Mining of the 3bn-tonne deposit, which would be ...
EurekAlert!

Microbial iron mining: turning polluted soils into self-cleaning reactors

A team of scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences has introduced a groundbreaking nature-based solution to tackle global soil pollution—a crisis threatening ecosystems, agriculture, and human ...
Reuters

S.African iron ore mine to close after ArcelorMittal halts purchases

JOHANNESBURG, Nov 5 (Reuters) - South Africa's African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) (ARIJ.J), opens new tab said on Wednesday that its jointly owned Beeshoek iron ore mine will be placed on "care and ...