The push comes amid forecasts that the global iron‑ore market will expand from $313 billion in 2026 to $425 billion by 2034.

UNSW expert Professor Yansong Shen explains why it is so important to find a way to produce iron and steel in a more environmentally friendly and feasible way. Subscribe to our newsletter for the ...

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 ...

Fortescue has shifted its focus from green hydrogen feeding direct reduced iron, to a low temperature, direct electrochemical process. Is it the right choice?

EUGENE, Ore. — In a potential breakthrough for one of the world's most carbon-intensive industries, researchers at the University of Oregon have developed a cleaner method for producing iron, an ...

Cleveland Works currently relies on two blast furnaces, which use coal to refine iron ore that is later processed into steel. Credit: (The Center For Land Use Interpretation; CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) ...

African governments and development financiers are intensifying efforts to convert the continent’s vast iron-ore reserves into domestic steel production and broader industrial growth, as global demand ...

Moving hot metal to a basic oxygen furnace to make steel.Seong Joon Cho/Worldsteel—Getty Images The basic process for making steel hasn’t changed a whole lot in the past few hundred years. Into the ...

The term gamechanger is often over used enough to be rendered meaningless, but the huge Simandou mine in the West African country of Guinea is going to be just that as its start up is set to rock the ...

Supply-Demand Pattern Shift Puts Iron Ore Prices on a Downtrend. In 2021, driven by inflation expectations from global ...

Iron ore prices have strengthened since bottoming out in September 2024, but the base metal faced headwinds in 2025 as tariff threats and investor uncertainty weighed on the market. Usage in steel ...

It’s the shape and porosity, not the size, of metal oxide particles that matter for efficiency in electrochemical ironmaking. Iron and its alloys, such as steel and cast iron, dominate the modern ...