December 2, 2015 World’s two biggest miners walking away from coal, but they are not telling BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto have significantly cut their investments in coal, while repositioning behind the scenes.
December 1, 2015 Brazil mine spill not hazardous to human health Concentrations of metals in Rio Doce river after catastrophic dam burst "do not significantly differ" from tests by Brazilian Geological Service in 2010.
December 1, 2015 Barrick completes sale of 50% of Zaldívar copper mine to Antofagasta The proceeds of the sale will be used to reduce a debt pile of $13 billion with a target of wiping out $3 billion this year.
December 1, 2015 De Beers’ Kimberley Mines sold to Petra Diamonds, Ekapa Mining for $7.2m The sale marks the end of De Beers' century-long diamond mining history in South Africa.
December 1, 2015 BHP Billiton to slash copper production costs, increase output The miner expects to lower production costs to $1.08 per pound during the 2017 financial year, from a projected $1.21 per pound in the year ending June 2016.
November 30, 2015 Mining majors capitulate as metals rout continues World's five largest mining companies together have lost an astonishing $570 billion in market value since 2011–the worst period of performance since 1966.
November 30, 2015 Rio Tinto conducts inaugural rough diamond viewings in India Rio Tinto’s diamonds business has just completed its inaugural rough diamond viewing at the India Diamond Trading Centre in Mumbai’s Bharat Diamond Bourse.
November 27, 2015 Brazil sues BHP, Vale for ‘initial’ $5 billion over spill Federal government, two states sue iron ore giants over devastation from dam burst that washed mud 600km down Brazil's second largest river system.
November 27, 2015 Toxic elements found in water weeks after Brazil’s mine disaster — Vale Company confirms that the Institute for Water Management in Minas Gerais (IGAM) found levels of arsenic, lead and other toxic elements many times higher than the legal maximums along the…
November 27, 2015 Ahead of COP21, Forevermark CEO, De Beers Group and The World’s Leaders in the Diamond Industry Speak at the Omugongo, International Diamond Conference Broad expertise in the field of diamond met in the Namibian capital, Windhoek.
South32 HY profit beats estimates, trims production view for Brazil operations Its underlying earnings attributable was $435 million for the half-year ended December 31. February 11, 2026 | 02:29 pm
