Strib Voices publishes a mix of commentary online and in print each day. To contribute, click here. ••• The news billowed across the Mesabi Iron Range like an ominous fog. Layoffs at the mines. Six ...

Low pay, long hours, and “soggy” food were the norm when the Pilbara iron ore industry started in the 1960s. Union pressure changed this. Shifts were reduced to eight hours and workers gained ...

DEMONSTRATORS RALLY IN support of federal workers Feb. 14 outside of the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, file) SAN FRANCISCO (AP ...

He was one of six local workers killed between June 2023 and ... in December 2023 it was bringing forward the start of iron ore production at the long-delayed mine to the end of 2025 from 2026 ...

13 worker deaths reported at Simandou since June ... Rio announced in December 2023 it was bringing forward the start of iron ore production at the long-delayed mine to the end of 2025 from ...

The 32-year-old was working for a Chinese subcontractor building a railway to reach Simandou - the world's largest new iron mining complex ... He was one of six local workers killed between June 2023 ...

A handout photo of local workers sitting on a rail support column along the Simandou rail corridor ...

Rio Tinto Ltd (ASX: RIO) and the BHP Group Ltd (ASX: BHP) shares have not been immune to the retrace in global iron ore prices. But the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) mining giants are well-placed ...

State-owned miner NMDC reported 30-40% decline in daily production as workers at iron ore mines in Chhattisgarh and Karnataka resorted to a slowdown and work-to-rule over wages. The estimated ...