Rio Tinto's board has signaled its support to develop the Simandou iron-ore project in Guinea, the world’s biggest untapped resource of the key steelmaking ingredient.

Mt Carbine's underground potential confirmed

In the Pacific, coal trade from eastern Russia to buyers was disrupted.

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Fortescue finds funding for growth projects

The low utilisation of hot-rolled coil (HRC) quotas so far this quarter is testimony to low demand for imported tonnes at the start of this year.

The company's standalone capacity utilisation was 98pc during January-March compared with 93pc for the same period last year.