Iron / Steel

Environment environmentNews 

Cyclone nears Australia’s west with heavy winds, risk of storm tide

February 8, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, Australia, Company News, CYCLONE, Disasters / Accidents, Europe, General News, Iron / Steel, Iron Ore, MINING, Precipitation, Specialty Mining and Metals (TRBC), STEEL, Transportation (TRBC), United Kingdom, US, Weather Markets / Weather, Western Europe, Wildfires / Forest Fires, Wind / Hurricanes / Typhoons / Tornadoes

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – A tropical cyclone expected to hit Western Australia on Saturday was forecast to bring ferocious winds and

Read more

Environment 

China September steel output skids to six-month low on anti-pollution curbs

October 18, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, Asia Crudes, Basic Materials (TRBC), CHINA, China (PRC), Commodities News (3rd Party), Derivatives, Economic Indicators, Economic News (3rd Party), ECONOMY, Emerging Market Countries, Environment, Industrial Output, Industrials (TRBC), Iron / Steel, Iron Ore, Major News, Metals and Mining (TRBC), Metals Markets, Mineral Resources (TRBC), MINING, OUTPUT, Pollution, Real Estate Markets, STEEL, US

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s monthly crude steel output slid to a six-month low in September, official data showed on Friday,

Read more

Environment 

China orders northern cities to cut winter PM2.5 levels by 4% in anti-smog drive

October 16, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, Carbon / Emissions Markets, CHINA, China (PRC), Emerging Market Countries, Environment, General News, Government / Politics, Industrials (TRBC), Iron / Steel, Monetary / Fiscal Policy / Policy Makers, Pollution, Real Estate Markets, Regulation, STEEL, US

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s northern cities will be required to cut emissions of dangerous PM2.5 particles by an average of

Read more

Environment 

Brazil miner Vale expects to mostly finish paying for burst dam by 2021

October 3, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Americas, Basic Materials (TRBC), BRAZIL, Commodities News (3rd Party), Company News, DISASTER, Disasters / Accidents, Emerging Market Countries, Iron / Steel, Iron Ore, Metals and Mining (TRBC), Metals Markets, Mineral Resources (TRBC), MINING, Picture available, Results Forecasts / Warnings, SA, South America / Central America, Specialty Mining and Metals (TRBC), US, VALE

FILE PHOTO: A view of a collapsed tailings dam owned by Brazilian mining company Vale SA, in Brumadinho, Brazil February

Read more

Environment 

China’s steel heartland Hebei warns cities for pollution failures

August 12, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, CHINA, China (PRC), Emerging Market Countries, Environment, General News, Health / Medicine, HEBEI, Iron / Steel, Monetary / Fiscal Policy / Policy Makers, Pollution, Society / Social Issues, STEEL, US

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s biggest steel producing province of Hebei has summoned the leaders of three cities after they failed

Read more

Environment 

China steel firms lagging on carbon compliance: study

July 31, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, CARBON, Carbon / Emissions Markets, CHINA, China (PRC), Climate Politics, Company News, Emerging Market Countries, Environment, Europe, Iron / Steel, Metals and Mining (TRBC), Metals Markets, Netherlands, South Korea, STEEL, Sweden, US

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese steel companies have fallen behind their international counterparts on energy efficiency and carbon compliance, putting them

Read more

Environment 

China’s top steelmaking city Tangshan steps up anti-smog curbs: local media

July 22, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, CHINA, China (PRC), Coal, Coal (TRBC), Commodities News (3rd Party), Company News, Economic News (3rd Party), Emerging Market Countries, Environment, Industrials (TRBC), Iron / Steel, Iron Ore, Metals and Mining (TRBC), Metals Markets, Mineral Resources (TRBC), MINING, Pollution, STEEL, TANGSHAN, Transportation (TRBC), US

FILE PHOTO: Smoke rises from a chimney among houses as new high-rise residential buildings are seen under construction on a

Read more

Environment 

China’s top steelmaking city Tangshan extends output curbs in June: local media

June 5, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, CHINA, China (PRC), Coal, Construction Materials (TRBC), Emerging Market Countries, Environment, Industrials (TRBC), Iron / Steel, Iron and Steel (TRBC), Iron Ore, Metals and Mining (TRBC), Metals Markets, Pollution, Production Status Changes, Regulation, STEEL, TANGSHAN, US

FILE PHOTO: Debris covers the yard of the decommissioned Guofeng Iron and Steel plant in Tangshan, Hebei province, China, August

Read more

Environment 

Brazilian prosecutors call for exit of Vale executives after deadly dam burst: report

March 2, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Americas, BRAZIL, Company News, Crime, Crime / Law / Justice, DISASTER, Disasters / Accidents, Emerging Market Countries, Environment, Europe, General News, Iron / Steel, Iron Ore, Media / Publishing (Legacy), Media and Publishing (TRBC), MINING, SA, South America / Central America, US, VALE

FILE PHOTO: A view of a collapsed tailings dam owned by Brazilian mining company Vale SA, in Brumadinho, Brazil February

Read more

Environment 

Exclusive: Brazil’s Vale knew deadly dam had heightened risk of collapse

February 11, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Americas, Basic Materials (TRBC), BRAZIL, Company Management Issues, Company News, DISASTER, Disasters / Accidents, Emerging Market Countries, Enterprise Reporting, Environment, EXCLUSIVE, General News, Government / Politics, Iron / Steel, Iron Ore, Major News, Metals and Mining (TRBC), Metals Markets, Mineral Resources (TRBC), MINING, Pictures, Pollution, Regulation, SA, South America / Central America, US, VALE

BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil (Reuters) – Vale SA, the world’s largest iron ore miner, knew last year that the dam in

Read more