* US duty rate on steel, aluminum rises to 25% as exemptions end * Trump threatened 50% Canada metals tariff rate, but backed off * Hundreds of products made from steel and aluminum get new US tariffs * Canadian officials head to Washington to discuss USMCA trade deal By David Lawder and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON, March 12 (Reuters) - U.S....

* 13 worker deaths reported at Simandou since June 2023, sources and documents say * Some safety guidelines not implemented, according to sources and accident reports * Project prioritizes schedule over safety, some sources say * Guinea is investigating safety issues at the mine, minister says * Chinese consortium says it has taken safety concerns seriously during construction By Clara...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's increased tariffs on steel and aluminum imports took effect on Wednesday as prior exemptions, duty free quotas and product exclusions expired, as his campaign to reorder global trade norms in favor of the U.S. stepped up. Trump's action to bulk up protections for American steel and aluminum producers restores effective global tariffs of...

(Reuters) - A routine night shift ended in tragedy for Alseny Camara. The 32-year-old was working for a Chinese subcontractor building a railway to reach Simandou - the world's largest new iron mining complex, which is being developed by Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto and its partners in West Africa. Camara was unloading 1.3-tonne-bags of coal ash when the forklift...