September 17, 2015 Barrick’s Veladero gold mine in Argentina halted over cyanide leak The judge also ruled that a group of independent specialists should inspect the mine and take samples of soil, water and nearby vegetation.
September 16, 2015 BHP Mackenzie calls US Congress to lift four-decade ban on oil exports More than a dozen energy companies have been pressing U.S. authorities to lift the nation's four-decade moratorium on oil exports.
September 16, 2015 Former Anglo CEO Cynthia Carroll is back, joins Vedanta’s unit board Carroll, who led Anglo American from 2007 to 2013, will chair the company’s Vedanta Resources Holdings Ltd. unit and advise the group’s chairman.
September 14, 2015 Zambia orders Vedanta unit to get rid of Chilean copper The country’s environmental management authority found the copper concentrate imported from Chile had high levels of arsenic, a toxic substance.
September 14, 2015 Anglo American completes sale of Chile copper mines The announcement comes only days after Anglo announced a $330m deal to sell lossmaking South African platinum mines to Sibanye Gold.
September 10, 2015 Rio saves $200m a year using robots, big data Rio's already cut $1bn fat in the Pilbara–autonomous vehicles and data analytics will save another $200 million a year on maintenance over the next 3 years.
September 10, 2015 Chile’s Codelco to cut top positions in response to weak copper prices Chief executive Nelson Pizarro warned Codelco is ready to “cut costs to the bones,” and revealed the layoff process has already started.
September 10, 2015 BHP, SaskPower partner to accelerate development of carbon capture and storage The companies will share access to data and lessons learned from SaskPower’s Boundary Dam facility — the world’s first full chain power sector CCS project.
September 8, 2015 Copper price rallies 6% Glencore's bold move and huge jump in Chinese concentrate imports light fire under copper price.
September 6, 2015 Rio Tinto to suspend operations at Quebec titanium mine Rio Tinto will lay off 100 workers and put about 250 on temporary layoff at its iron and titanium mine in Havre-Saint-Pierre, Que.
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