“No one seems to be in a hurry to get anything signed right now,” a second producer agreed.

Fastmarkets explores the logistical challenges facing South African ore exports, from the perspective of chrome and manganese markets.

US Steel separately repurchased approximately $300 million of outstanding debt last week, the company noted in the same release.

Fastmarkets explores the logistical challenges facing South African ore exports, from the perspective of chrome and manganese markets.

Metals for cleaner future being turned to account in minerals-endowed Northern Cape

India's thermal coal imports from Russia are expected to fall for the first time in four months in September, two research consultancies said, potentially resulting in lower revenues for Moscow at a time it is mobilising more troops to fight in Ukraine.

This week’s PERUMIN event in the city of Arequipa is the most important conference in Peru’s mining sector and is being held for the first time in three years after being canceled in 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic and restrictions on movement.

The agreement's focus areas include low-carbon sintering technology, blast furnace and basic oxygen furnace optimization, and carbon capture and utilization, it said.