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 ...

EUGENE, Ore. — In a potential breakthrough for one of the world's most carbon-intensive industries, researchers at the University of Oregon have developed a cleaner method for producing iron, an ...

Kobe Steel Ltd. has announced what it calls the world’s first commercial plant using the ITmk3 Process successfully began production of iron nuggets in the U.S. on Jan. 12. The process was developed ...

For iron ore miners, it could be considered an inconvenient truth that the carbon emissions of steel (which account for around 8% of the global total), and iron ore (the key ingredient in steelmaking) ...

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The 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 ...

DULUTH -- A North Dakota company plans to build a $60 million iron producing plant near Jamestown, N.D., using iron ore concentrate from Minnesota. A subsidiary of Bismarck-based Carbontec Energy Corp ...