Aurizon's 4 major railways in the Bowen Basin of Queensland, the world's largest coking coal export region, carry coal from mines owned by BHP Billiton , Glencore , Anglo American and Peabody Energy.
Anglo American Mining News
Anglo ending 2018 on high note, predicts higher output, lower costs
The diversified miner anticipates 2018 production to be 2% ahead of previous guidance and costs to be 5% below.
Altamira expands land position in Brazil
The Vancouver-based miner submitted an application to expand to 300,000 hectares its land position at the Firminho project.
Anglo CEO says investor confidence returns to South Africa
Anglo American mines platinum, coal, diamonds and iron ore in South Africa.
Anglo American to increase copper production in Chile
The revised guidance is part of the company's ongoing progress in a number of low cost copper growth opportunities.
Copper output to spike in world’s top producer Chile
Copper output in Chile, the world’s top producer of the metal, is expected to increase 4% in 2019 and continue to grow steadily during 2019 due to stronger performance from major mines, upgrades to existing operations, and lower risk of labour strikes.
Zimbabwe platinum miners plan base-metal refinery, minister says
The processing plant has been under consideration since at least 2014.
Anglo finds returns outweigh risks as it renews Africa focus
The storied miner is going where larger rivals fear to tread, returning to its African roots to tap mineral assets with compelling returns.
Glencore posts rise in copper, cobalt output on Katanga restart
Glencore's copper production rose to 1,063,100 tonnes from the start of this year and cobalt output jumped 8,700 tonnes to 28,500 tonnes.
De Beers to build Chidliak as FutureSmart mine
De Beers acquired Peregrine and all its Canadian projects in a friendly deal in September for 24 cents a share or $107 million.
Anglo will dig more platinum and diamonds than expected
While prices remain stagnant and demand uncertain, the company is churning out more stones than at any other time in the past decade.
De Beers eyes tech markets for synthetic diamonds future
Anglo American unit De Beers is going after lucrative as it aims to expand its lab-grown diamond business beyond drilling and cutting.
Anglo American ‘encouraged’ by drilling results from copper asset in north Brazil
The company's chief executive in Brazil talked about “very promising” drilling results at property located on the edge of the Amazon rainforest.
Anglo American to restart operations at Minas Rio before year-end
Operations will resume before year end, but a planned ramp-up to 26.5 million tonnes per year is likely to be pushed back to 2021 from 2020.
How Anglo quietly built a commodity trader in Glencore's shadow
In just five years, Anglo assembled marketing operations that now sell more metals than the company produces.
Anglo American asks Angola for permission to explore for metals
The move makes the company the first mining major to request exploration permits in the country since President João Lourenço vowed to open up the sector and encourage foreign investment.
India's Anil Agarwal succeeds with Vedanta Resources buyout
Some in the industry see this move as a prelude to a potentially broader deal with bigger miner Anglo American.
De Beers ready to begin South Africa’s Voorspoed mine closure
The failed plan was to find an operator with a lower cost structure or a different mining approach that would be able to take over and extend Voorspoed’s life.
Indian billionaire Anil Agarwal's moves on Anglo
Billionaire Anil Agarwal in July said he planned to offer around $1 billion to take London-listed Vedanta Resources Plc private, a move that has rekindled speculation his ultimate aim is a deal with miner Anglo-American.
De Beers sizes up Canadian diamond project, first big buy in nearly 2 decades
Anglo American unit De Beers expects its purchase of Canada's Peregrine Diamonds, its first upstream diamond acquisition since 2000, to be completed in a month to six weeks' time.
Peruvian mining society says approval of Quellaveco project marks a new era for the country
The president of Peru’s National Society of Mining, Petroleum, and Energy said the project will create 9,000 jobs during its construction phase and additional 2,500 once it goes into production.
Kumba brings in targeted dividend policy, flags SA rail issues
The iron-ore mining company is introducing a targeted dividend ratio policy of 50 to 75% of headline earnings.
World's biggest miners want more copper but nobody's selling
Nobody who owns a copper mine wants to give it up. Even when Glencore and Anglo American Plc were crippled by debt during the 2015 commodity slump, neither was willing to entertain an offer from Rio for their holdings in the giant Collahuasi deposit in Chile.
