Brazilian miner Vale's fourth-quarter premiums for direct-reduced (DR) and blast furnace (BF) iron ore pellets have been adjusted to their lowest levels since the start of the year - but what does this key supplier's move reveal about the state of steelmaking in 2024?

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Brazilian miner Vale has signed a binding agreement with Manara Minerals of Saudi Arabia under which the latter will buy a stake in Vale Base Metals (VBM), the holding entity for the South American company’s Energy Transition Metals (ETM) business, it announced on Thursday July 27

Major Brazilian iron ore miner Vale’s plan for green briquette megahubs in the Middle East has sparked much curiosity and interest. In this article, we break down the fundamentals of the plan to help you understand how it will work

Middle Eastern steelmakers are ramping-up their efforts to reduce carbon emissions, taking several bold steps toward this goal

US-headquartered Atlas Lithium decided to expand its investment into Brazilian hard-rock lithium feedstock resources with the acquisition of new exploration permits ahead of scheduled first production from its Neves project in the fourth quarter, the company announced on Monday June 17

Saudi Arabia, through its spearheading of a mining and minerals production and consumption push in the Middle East, a region usually associated with oil and gas, is leading neighboring countries to increase their presence in the base metals markets

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s (KSA) ambitious plan to diversify away from oil and into metals will increase local nickel consumption and fund international mining projects, given recent massive investments in nickel-intense industries

The global steel industry is currently grappling between decarbonizing at higher costs while still attempting to maintain cost competitiveness with traditional blast furnace-based production methods, sources told Fastmarkets.