ANSA reported that a court has sentenced brothers Mr Fabio Riva and Mr Nicola Riva to 22 and 20 years in jail respectively for the environmental disaster caused by the ILVA steelworks in the southern city of Taranto.

Effected by the pandemic, OM paused the production of ferro-alloys in Malaysia.

"Regulators pay a lot of attention to the local environment, but not to the net benefits to the climate," said Anna Borg, chief executive of Swedish utility Vattenfall.

Democratic Republic of Congo has authorised exports of copper.

Australian copper miner 29Metals and its shareholders are seeking to raise as much as A$609.1-million ($471-million) in an initial public offering (IPO) in Sydney.

JSE-listed openpit miner Afrimat’s diversification strategy, along with a particularly strong iron-ore price.

ASX-listed Strike Resources has completed a A$5-million capital raise to fund work on its Apurimac iron-ore project, in Peru

HANOI - Vietnam's steel maker Hoa Phat said on Monday it has acquired the Roper Valley iron-ore mine project in Australia, marking the company's first step to secure its own supplies in the world's biggest iron-ore producer.