Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced on Friday a rescue effort to keep open Australia's largest aluminium smelter, the struggling Tomago facility majority-owned by Rio Tinto, after its current power contract expires in 2028.

Australian mining firm Ioneer is interested in bidding on a bundle of Rio Tinto Group’s US assets that produce boron, a critical mineral used in fertilizer, according to its top executive.

The Guinean government has officially launched construction of the Winning Consortium Alumina Guinea (WCAG) alumina refinery in Dobali, in the Boké prefecture.

According to China General Custom Notice , from Jan 1,2026 , Chinese Export Companies have to apply export license on Iron and Steel Products.

Following the price reduction of metal crude calcium in Shanxi last week, the Shaanxi market followed suit this week upon reopening

Leading European steelmaker ArcelorMittal is increasing its ferro-alloy surcharge on flat carbon steel in response to cost rises since the imposition of a new safeguard on the materials.

While the US administration is trying to build new aluminium smelters, Widmer displayed a chart indicating that there is no silver bullet.

The Brazilian arm ofArcelorMittal, in association with Atlas Renewable Energy, concluded the set-up of the solar energy park LuizCarlos, located in Paracatu,state of Minas Gerais.