BOULDER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Electra, a green iron company, has raised $85 million to produce Low-Temperature Iron (LTI) from commercial and low-grade ores using zero-carbon intermittent ...

For decades, Western Australia has been keen to transcend its reputation as the world's quarry, and the government hopes a new project will help it do exactly that. Called NeoSmelt, the initiative ...

Iron ore sintering plays a pivotal role in steel production by agglomerating fine iron ore particles into a porous mass suitable for blast furnace use. The optimisation of this process is critical not ...

Bill Gates-backed startup Electra says it can now make emissions-free iron without melting ore on commercial-sized prototypes. That’s a major milestone for a technology that’s only a few years old and ...

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 ...

A new infusion of federal funding will support some of the most cutting-edge efforts to decarbonize the dirty steel industry. On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Energy selected 13 projects in nine ...

SINGAPORE, May 29 (Reuters) - There is a conundrum in plans to decarbonise the steel sector. It's entirely feasible with current technologies, but also wholly unlikely because of the massive cost of ...

MELBOURNE, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rio Tinto has proven the effectiveness of its low-carbon iron-making process using ores from its mines in Australia in a small-scale pilot plant in Germany, and ...

A new iron making technology developed in China is set to significantly impact the global steel industry. Developed after more than 10 years of research, this method injects finely ground iron ore ...

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 ...

Australia's iron ore industry faces a major challenge due to the changing global demand for "purer" high-grade ore. Australia risks losing its position as the largest iron ore exporter to countries ...